Sunday, October 19, 2008

Voting Statistics

The last day to register to vote in Kansas is tomorrow, October 20. Early voting will begin Tuesday October 21 and continue through noon on November 3. For more information on voting click here.

A record number of 1.29 million people are predicted to vote in the November election, about 76% of registered voters in the state. Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh credits this rise to an exciting race and extensive get-out-the vote efforts.

Statewide there are currently 779,687 registerd Republicans, 453, 039 resistered Democrats, and 9, 399 registered Independents. The Lawrence Journal World&News reports 66.7% of registered voters casting a ballot in the previous election and 1,687,896 registered voters in Kansas as of last Thursday.

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