Alcon's all-purpose EARLY VOTING & REGISTRATION thread

[Meeker]

Secretary of State Mike Coffman's office is predicting that mail-in ballots will be about 40 percent of the Nov. 4 vote.

Wow.  That seems way high.  Could this be an accurate prediction?

Colorado allows permanent absentee, so it's not really that odd. Other states that allow permanent absentee have very high absentee voting rates as well (California 70%, Washington 90%, etc.)

[Meeker]

Sam's offensive comment besides, some news out of Virginia via FirstRead:

Virginia now has more than five million registered voters, a new record, as the deadline for registration for the fall election closed on Oct. 6th, according to the Virginia State Board of Elections.

The total number of registered voters in Virginia is now 5,021,933.

Since January, Virginia, a swing state this cycle, has experienced a net gain of 436,000 new voters, including what they call an "onslaught" of new voters in the last week of registration.

Nearly 40 percent of the newly registered voters across the state are under the age of 25. Trends show that, regardless of age, females represent the majority of new registered voters.

Among the biggest gainers were cities:
-- Williamsburg: Nearly 20% increase
-- Richmond: More than a 17% increase
-- Arlington County: More than a 14% increase
-- Hampton city: 15.4% increase
-- Charlottesville: 14.6% increase
-- Fairfax County: 9% increase, but that means 61,000 new voters
-- Fairfax City: 7%

I'm drooling

[Meeker]

Don't know if this has been posted or not: http://elections.gmu.edu/early_vote_2008.html