Voter Registration in Key States

[R_Ram_U]

The people from the DLC say that voter registration doesn't matter. That
somehow the people that are already registered are the only ones who
vote. That would be fine if 70% of the population voted, but that
number's closer to 50%. Imagine if in 2000 only 1,000 more people had
gone out and voted in Florida and just half of them voted for Gore. So
yes Voter registration and turnout does matter.

States with the lowest voter turnout among the voting age population
that are of strategic Democratic interest for the 2004 presidential
election:

New Mexico 47.4%
Arkansas 47.8%
Tennessee 49.2%
Florida 50.6%
Pennsylvania 53.7%
Ohio 54.5%

Any campaign plan for these states should include voter registration
drives, and voter awareness drives. Looking for indiscrepancies in the
voter registration rolls should also be part of this plan. This should
be a plan included in extensive candidate visits. Volunteers can be used
for tasks like voter registration and the officials or institutions
involved with the voter rolls should be contacted in order to
independently review their records. Respective state laws should be
looked into to see if they are being followed with regards to felons who
are kept from voting, or if people were erroneously kept from voting. In
any case people won't go to the polls if they don't have a candidate
that inspires them to make a change, and become active in the political
process. This should be the first consideration. By the way the state
with the highest voter turnout among the voting age population is
Minnesota with 68.8%

[goobergunch]

1. Is this 2000 or 2002? (n/t)

[jiacinto]

2. When did the DLC say that?

Of course voter registration matters!