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Election day reality: no registration=no vote (in most states).(voter registration)
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National Voter
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June 1, 2008
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- Ponomareff, Sbirley Tabata; Senecal, Jeanette
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Why is registering voters just as important as getting voters to the polls on Election Day? Because on Election Day in the majority of states, "no registration" is equivalent to "no vote." Admittedly, there are seven states (Idaho, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Wyoming) that allow Election Day (same-day) registration, and there is one state, North Dakota, where no registration is required. But, for the vast majority of eligible voters, voter registration in advance of Election Day is essential.
There is an additional reason why it's crucial to get eligible voters registered: In the three previous presidential elections, more than 80 percent of all ...
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Voter turnout big throughout the country
Charleston Daily Mail;
November 3, 2004 ;
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS;
359 words
......or just under 60 percent of eligible voters - the highest percentage turnout...slightly more than 54 percent of eligible voters, or about 105.4 million, voted...bid drew just 49 percent of eligible voters, about 96.3 million. But his...brought out 55.2 percent of eligible ...
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Voter turnout jumps up slightly
Winnipeg Free Press;
May 23, 2007 ;
341 words
......and counting. Voter turnout in the 2003 provincial...68 per cent of eligible voters who cast ballots...looking good." The voter turnout in 2003 was the...58 per cent of eligible voters in Winnipeg cast...7 per cent of eligible voters in Manitoba...federal ...
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Voter Turnout Highest in Three Decades
AP Online;
November 3, 2004 ;
BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer;
418 words
......or just under 60 percent of eligible voters _ the highest percentage turnout...slightly more than 54 percent of eligible voters, or about 105.4 million, voted...bid drew just 49 percent of eligible voters, about 96.3 million. But his...brought out 55.2 percent of eligible ...
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A record in Maine? Voter turnout could top 70%
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;
November 4, 2004 ;
TOM GROENING; OF THE NEWS STAFF;
787 words
...AUGUSTA - Voter turnout Tuesday probably...state, said voter turnout is computed...the number of eligible voters. In 1992, there...about 679,000 eligible voters in the state...the number of eligible voters at 1,018,000...60 percent of eligible ...
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Voter turnout lowest in 17 years
Winnipeg Free Press;
October 26, 2006 ;
Wiebe, Lindsey;
523 words
......Only 38.2 per cent of eligible voters head to the pollsface...Lindsey Wiebe WINNIPEG'S voter turnout hit a 17-year low...only 38.2 per cent of eligible voters at the polls. A total...recorded the highest voter turnout in more than 30 years...Daniel McIntyre ward, ...
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Voter turnout to be largest in 20 years
University Wire;
February 7, 2008 ;
Charles Brace;
267 words
......likely have the highest voter turnout rate in decades, state...said 35 percent of all eligible voters would likely turnout. Richmond...and vote early. Wisconsin voter turnout has been below 25 percent...had the second highest voter turnout in the United States ...
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U.S. voter turnout not as bad as it seems; Cato Institute report debunks...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);
October 6, 2004 ;
TELEGRAPH HERALD EDITORIAL;
488 words
......Pundits will note that voter turnout has been steadily...claims and casts the voter-turnout issue in a new light...pundits point to U.S. voter turnout as being the worst...Further, whether voter turnout shows a steady decline...However, the number of eligible ...
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Voter turnout set record for off years.(News)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);
November 29, 2005 ;
Gutierrez, Hector;
267 words
......percent of Colorado's 2.3 million eligible voters turned out at the polls on Nov...Monday that just under half of the eligible voters, or 49.8 percent, showed up to...when 47.2 percent of Colorado's eligible voters cast ballots. Last Wednesday...Dennis. I am pleased to see the ...
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Voter turnout expected to rival 1960 race
Daily Breeze;
November 3, 2004 ;
Siobhan Mcdonough THE ASSOCIATED PRESS;
383 words
...WASHINGTON -- Intense voter registration drives and keen...benchmark, when about two-thirds of eligible voters came out to back John Kennedy...58 percent to 60 percent of eligible voters. Slightly more than 51 percent...bid drew only 49 percent of eligible voters, about 96.3 ...
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Canadian Voter Turnout Lower Than 1993
Xinhua English Newswire;
June 3, 1997 ;
169 words
...Canadian voter turnout in Monday's general...Some 67 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots...said. "To get a high voter turnout, you've got to have...with 71 percent of eligible voters marking their ballots...
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Voter turnout set record for off years
Rocky Mountain News;
November 29, 2005 ;
Hector Gutierrez, Rocky Mountain News;
260 words
......percent of Colorado's 2.3 million eligible voters turned out at the polls on Nov...Monday that just under half of the eligible voters, or 49.8 percent, showed up to...when 47.2 percent of Colorado's eligible voters cast ballots. Last Wednesday...Dennis. "I am pleased to see the ...
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State voter turnout apparently led nation; About three in five eligible...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
November 9, 2006 ;
Louwagie, Pam;
510 words
......the nation in voter turnout on Tuesday, with...4 percent of eligible voters turned out, according...Peter, Minn. Voter turnout is a tradition...59 percent of eligible voters participated...national leader in voter-turnout. The state led...77 percent of ...
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Voter turnout last fall was lowest since 1942
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
February 11, 1999 ;
222 words
...Voter turnout in midterm elections...Turnout fell to 36.06% of eligible voters, or 72,450,901 people...however, about 44% of eligible voters turned out to vote...registration was at 22% of eligible voters, also a lower percentage...
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STATE BOASTS HIGH VOTER TURNOUT.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);
May 27, 2005 ;
65 words
......Associated Press Wisconsin was second only to Minnesota in voter turnout in the 2004 general election, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday. In Minnesota, 79 percent of eligible voters went to the polls in 2004. That's up from 2000, when...In Wisconsin 77 percent went to the polls. Nationally, ...
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Writethru: Voter turnout in Tehran just 28 percent: IRNA
Xinhua News Agency;
February 21, 2004 ;
118 words
...Writethru: Voter turnout in Tehran just 28 percent: IRNA...Xinhua) -- Only 28 percent of eligible voters in the Iranian capital of Tehran...in Tehran, just over 1.7 million eligible voters in the city and its suburbs participated...
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