Today is last day to register to vote
October 6, 2008 at 10:18 am by Thomas Wheatley in NewsThis is the last time I’ll hector you about it. But if you haven’t yet registered to vote, you have until the end of today to do so at a local registrar’s office or mail in your application.
And to brighten your Monday morning, view the latest early voting statistics after the jump. According to Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel’s office, 263,408 people have taken advantage of absentee and in-person early voting ballots. African Americans, historically a key demographic for Democrats, have thus far cast 37 percent of those. DeKalb County leads the pack with 28,639 early voters. Fulton and Gwinnett Counties follow with 19,589 and 14,966 ballots cast, respectively.
Handel says she hopes 1 million of Georgia’s 5.5 million registered voters visit the polls before Nov. 4. Help her out and save yourself a headache — find your nearest early voting location here.
Number of ballots cast early: 263,408
Number of ballots voted in person: 237,133
Number of mail-in ballots returned: 26,275
Turn out demographics:
Black Female 63,158
Black Male 38,182
White Female 82,422
White Male 70,815
Asia-PI Female 485
Asia-PI Male 370
Hisp-Lt Female 659
Hisp-Lt Male 505
Native AM Female 19
Native AM Male 18
Other 6,775
Total 263,408
Top 5 counties in turn out:
Dekalb: 28,639
Fulton: 19,589
Gwinnett: 14,966
Cobb: 12,929
Chatham: 8,454
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