More than 100% of the registered voters voted in WY? (user search)
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KEmperor
Junior Chimp
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« on: May 17, 2006, 11:51:44 AM »

Blue Earth county had 122.8% turnout. I think we had the highest in the nation.

Which makes areas with same day voting have these so called "turnout" stats useless. 
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KEmperor
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2006, 09:59:07 AM »

Blue Earth county had 122.8% turnout. I think we had the highest in the nation.

Which makes areas with same day voting have these so called "turnout" stats useless. 
Not really ... it's meaning is just a different one than implied.

Which of course is actually a consequence of non-compulsory registration, not of same day voting.

Yes, but I would say that the vast majority of the country uses the standard defination of the word, which makes numbers like "122% turnout" pointless when trying to compare turnout across the country.  You can't have "122%" turnout, the highest possible is 100%, meaning that everyone voted.
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