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Originally Posted by jon1856
Democrats Registering In Record Numbers
1 Million New Voters For Last 7 Primaries
RALEIGH, N.C. -- They lined up shoulder to shoulder inside the gray high-rise downtown, their politics as diverse as their backgrounds. An ex-felon who needs health insurance, followed by a high school student seeking empowerment, followed by a Marine Corps veteran who wants to prevent his country from crumbling.
Like hundreds of others, their quests led them to the Wake County voter services office this month to register as Democrats for the first time. The line of newcomers that snaked across the checkered tile floor was emblematic of those that have formed across the country this year: black voters, young voters, lifelong Republicans switching parties -- all registering in record numbers, and all aligning as Democrats.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...T2008042702368 |
Anyone else catch that? People with felony convictions can't vote.
I dunno. It amused me that the author didn't realize that.
Edit: Just kidding. Turns out that's only in three states.