MA GOP registered voters drops to 515,860 . . .

[TaleWgnDg]

"(Massachusetts) State GOP Voter Rolls on Decline
by Raphael Lewis, Boston Globe Staff, Wednesday, October 13, 2004

"The number of registered Republican voters in Massachusetts has dropped by roughly 15,000 since Governor Mitt Romney won election in fall 2002, despite his efforts to rebuild the GOP in the heavily Democratic Bay State, figures released yesterday show.

"The GOP's enrollment stands at its lowest point since February 2000, the figures show, presenting Romney with a stiff challenge as he attempts to seat more Republicans in the Legislature this November. The latest figures show the GOP rolls have dropped to 515,860 voters.

"By comparison, the Democratic Party added more than 36,000 voters between October 2002 and August 2004, and the Libertarian and Green-Rainbow parties each picked up more than 2,000 voters in that period. The number of unenrolled voters, who make up just under half of all registered voters in Massachusetts, has fallen by roughly 36,000 since August 2002, after a spike in 2000.

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"Marty Rouse -- campaign director for MassEquality, a coalition of groups fighting to preserve same-sex marriage rights in Massachusetts -- said his organization dispatched hundreds of volunteers to concerts, street festivals, and fairs across the state over the summer, handing out voter registration forms."

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/10/13/state_gop_voter_rolls_on_decline
(as last visited Wednesday, October 13, 2004) (the BosGlobe allows a small window of days for non-hardbound subscribers to access its newspaper online)
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TODAY, Wednesday, October 13th, IS THE LAST DAY IN MASSACHUSETTS TO REGISTER TO VOTE !!

Please see Massachusetts Secretary of State information re October 13th vote registration deadline, where and how to register . . . this how-to voting information web banner is the second from the top of this Massachusetts .gov webpage, directly below Secretary Galvin's photo:

http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ . . . "to be eligible to vote in the November 2, 2004 . . . election . . . "

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[bluestateguy]

1. Massachusetts Republicans: Coming to a Museum Near You!

I remember Massachusetts Republicans from when I was in college. Most of them could have easily passed for mainstream Democrats here in Texas.

[TaleWgnDg]

3. yup. I agree. But of late those that are GOPers have become

more hard-line. Nothing like Texas though. Nope Tom DeLay-ville wouldn't last one second here.

Hey, when are you folks going to boot DeLay?

[skooooo]

2. Still too high! 500,000?!!!

[Kat45]

4. Looks like a lot of unenrolled voters switched to the Dem party

after becoming totally disgusted with what the republican party has become, It used to make sense to be unenrolled because you could vote in either primary and Mass repubs used to be moderate folks, sometimes to the left of the Dem they were running against. Hey, we even had pro-choice repubs. But now, there is no reason to vote for a repub. It makes more sense to join the Democratic party, and perhaps become more involved in the political system. That's what I did: I'd been an unenrolled voter since I first registered, even voted for some fine republicans a long time ago. But much like Wes Clark did, I decided it only makes sense now to be a Democrat.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

6. Then I hope that Kerry gets more than this in his Home State come Nov 2

http://www.electoral-vote.com/states/massachusetts.html

The FINAL PREDICTION has Kerry at 59% and Bush at 40%

In Texas Kerry can't break the 40% mark and Bush gets 40% in MA! :wtf: I hope that Kerry could get a little over sixty percent (61%/62%)/ I'd like to think that many Bay Stateers give him ALOT of support.

[Kat45]

7. I wonder if perhaps folks get complacent

It's Kerry's state and we all assume that of course he's going to win it (which he is) so we may not think of our votes being important and aren't as revved up to race out to the voting booth as we would be if we lived in a swing state. :shrug: And, not everyone in this state, including Dems, likes Kerry.

(Note: I'm just using the word "we" as a generalization, not referring to myself or any other DUers.)

[shawmut]

5. Gee, where's all that outrage over gay marriage the Repukes were

counting on?


Oh, that's right, it's mostly out of state!