NEW HAVEN — City voter registration has
topped 70,000 for the first time in 15 years, Democratic Town Chairwoman
Jacqueline James said Monday.
The total as of the Nov. 1 registration deadline was 71,371, said
James, who also serves as New Haven’s Ward 3 alderwoman and as president
pro-tempore of the Board of Aldermen.
The last time registration surpassed 70,000 in
overwhelmingly-Democratic New Haven was in 1997, when the number of registered
voters was 71,116. For the 2008 U.S.
presidential election, New Haven had 65,809 voters.
The growth in registration was largely the result of a concerted
effort among party leaders and volunteers, James said. The number of registered
voters as of September was 62,931 -- with more than 7,000 additional voters sign
up in less than two months, she said.
Secretary of the State Denise Merrill reported that more than 200,000
new voters had registered statewide since the beginning of this year.
Editor's note: All information
in this post was contributed.
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