As you are all aware, yesterday was the final day to register in time to vote in the May Primary election.
Today, we got some great news in the form of voter registration data from yesterday; 3,754 Oregonians registered to vote. That is tremendous result, but what makes it even more fantastic is that 2,967 of those registrations were completed online with our Online Voter Registration system. The day before the deadline 1,223 people registered online.
It’s exciting to see the Online Voter Registration system gaining some traction.
If you didn’t get registered in time to take part in this May’s election, please do head over to our Online Voter Registration system and get registered for the Primary Election in November.
As many of you are aware, Online Voter Registration has been LIVE for one week now!
In just one week of service, over 1049 Oregonians have registered to vote using the new system.
Remember, Online Voter Registration is NOT replacing paper registration, it is simply offering up an alternative to the paper system for those who would use it. As Secretary of State Brown stated in a recent Oregonian Op-Ed:
It will help people who find traditional procedures out of reach, including the housebound and the disabled community. With the right equipment, for example, sightless people can register without the assistance of another person to fill out a card. Our military servicemen and women will find far less delay in registration, eliminating worries about whether the snail mail will deliver their paperwork in time.
We are extremely happy to have the system up and running and hope that Oregonians continue to get registered to vote in the upcoming May Primary Election.
We’ll leave you today with a table with of some more detailed information on registrations done with the Online system:
| Online Voter Registration Statistics as of 11:30am, 3/8/2010 |
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|
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| Total Registrations |
1049 |
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|
| Registration Type |
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| Type |
# of Registrations |
| Electronic (DMV signature exists) |
829 |
| Paper (no DMV signature) |
220 |
| Total |
1049 |
|
|
| Registrations by Party |
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| Party |
# of Registrations |
| Constitution Party |
0 |
| Democratic Party |
346 |
| Independent Party |
140 |
| Libertarian Party |
13 |
| Not a member of a party |
198 |
| Other |
11 |
| Pacific Green Party |
17 |
| Progressive Party |
6 |
| Republican Party |
275 |
| Working Families Party |
5 |
| No Party Selected |
38 |
| Total |
1049 |
|
|
| Registrations by County |
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| County |
# of Registrations |
| Baker |
1 |
| Benton |
9 |
| Clackamas |
96 |
| Clatsop |
9 |
| Columbia |
9 |
| Coos |
12 |
| Crook |
13 |
| Deschutes |
97 |
| Douglas |
28 |
| Harney |
2 |
| Hood River |
4 |
| Jackson |
62 |
| Jefferson |
9 |
| Josephine |
22 |
| Klamath |
23 |
| Lake |
3 |
| Lane |
117 |
| Lincoln |
7 |
| Linn |
29 |
| Malheur |
3 |
| Marion |
72 |
| Morrow |
1 |
| Multnomah |
219 |
| Polk |
20 |
| Tillamook |
2 |
| Umatilla |
3 |
| Union |
6 |
| Washington |
139 |
| Wheeler |
2 |
| Yamhill |
30 |
| Total |
1049 |
|
|
| Registrations by Age |
|
| Age Group |
# of Registrations |
| 17-19 |
49 |
| 20-29 |
246 |
| 30-39 |
240 |
| 40-49 |
167 |
| 50-59 |
152 |
| 60-69 |
124 |
| 70-79 |
55 |
| 80-89 |
16 |
| Total |
1049 |
We are very excited to announce that our Online Voter Registration system going live on March 1st, and very busy getting ready for this monumental project to launch.
We wanted to invite everyone to take part in a webinar demo of the most user-friendly, convenient and secure way of registering to vote in the State of Oregon. This informational demo will take participants through the online registration process, from beginning to end, followed by a short question and answer session with Elections Director Steve Trout.
Our online participants will join members of the Legislature, advocacy groups and state wide media, who will be viewing the presentation from inside the Capitol Building in Salem.
The webinar will take place on February 25, 2010 at 9:00am. Registration information for the webinar can be found at this link:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/790747411
We hope to see you there!
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