Dems keep gaining edge in registration (in Montco, PA)

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This is my county! :bounce:
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Wed, Oct 24, 2007
Dems keep gaining edge in registration
By MARGARET GIBBONS

COURTHOUSE — Continuing more than a decade’s-long process, Montgomery County Democrats continued to cut into their Republican counterpart’s edge in voter registration.

County Democrats have sliced the 1.17-to-1 edge in voter registration held by the county GOP at the time of the May primary elections to 1.14 Republicans for every single registered Democrat eligible to vote in next month’s elections, according to registration tallies released this week by the county voters registration office.

Of the 6,992 newly registered voters since the primary elections, 3,208 registered as Democrats while 1,958 registered Republican and another 1,612 registered non-partisan.

Also, 1,718 of the county’s previously registered voters switched their registrations to Democratic since the May primary elections. In contrast, 709 re-registered Republican while another 568 re-registered non-partisan, according to a report prepared by county voter services Assistant Director Patricia Allen...

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