Dem voter registrations surge nation-wide

[babsbunny]

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Democrats_post_big_gains_in_voter_0906.html



Democrats post big gains in voter registration
Associated Press
Published: Saturday September 6, 2008



By JULIE PACE and STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writers

CLAIRTON, Pa. - Five days a week, Linda Graham trolls tattered neighborhoods of this once thriving steel city outside Pittsburgh for unregistered voters she can sign up as Democrats — one of thousands of unknown volunteers whose work outside the limelight has already altered the basic arithmetic of the November election.

The epic nomination battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton helped put millions more Democrats on the voter rolls while Republican registration declined. Now Graham, 45, has taken three months of unpaid leave from her job at Pittsburgh's Central Blood Bank in the hope of adding to those gains before the presidential vote.

She's encouraged by the response here. "They're all feeling the crunch" of lost jobs and a sagging economy, Graham said. "But people are feeling empowered. They're feeling like, you know what, I hold a little bit of power in this."

To counter this effort, the Republicans are counting on a formidable, high-tech get-out-the-vote operation that has helped them win the past two presidential elections.

[peacetalksforall]

1. high tech - yep - vote stealing and polling lie technology..

[wildeyed]

2. The dem base is energized.

I love the registration efforts. But the RNC GOTV has been formidable in past years. They are way ahead on database technologies. Let's see if we can beat them this year and get caught up.

[stillcool]

3. Cool...My Dem Headquarters..

opens this week! I'm so excited!

[Bobbieo]

4. Hope the registrars are aiming for the Native American vote, too.