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Home > Blogs > Butler County News and Issues > Archives > 2008 > October > 07 > Entry

Voter rolls surge

By Josh Sweigart | Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 03:48 PM

Monday was the last day to register to vote in Ohio, and register — and vote — people did in Butler County (with a little encouragement from Cuba Gooding Jr).

The Ohio Secretary of State’s office released today the number of voters who have registered this year. It totals 665,949 statewide (bringing the total to 8,184,138 active voters) and Butler County ranked fourth in the country with 29,671 new voters (bringing the local total to 258,055).

Here are the top ten in the state (rank/county/total voters on Jan. 1, 2008/total on Oct. 6, 2008/net change):

1. CUYAHOGA/973,831/1,096,449/122,618
2. FRANKLIN/761,806/829,427/67,621
3. HAMILTON/549,743/596,722/46,979
4. BUTLER/228,384/258,055/29,671
5. SUMMIT/345,340/374,042/28,702
6. MONTGOMERY/354,972/382,842/27,870
7. STARK/243,349/268,518/25,169
8. LUCAS/286,145/310,905/24,760
9. LORAIN/184,296/201,001/16,705
10. CLERMONT/120,200/133,785/13,585

From Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner:

“We are already seeing the results of our preparation for November, with absentee voting a success across Ohio and 665,949 active voters added to the rolls. These are Ohioans from every corner of our state who can now take part in our democracy. Ohioans and, indeed the nation, can be confident that our preparation is yielding successful voting administration in 2008.”

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