Get-out-the-vote drives seem to be working

[murphymom]

From the local paper in Eugene - it's looking good in Oregon:

With the election still a week away, more than one-third of registered voters in Lane County already have cast their ballots.

At the close of business Tuesday, Lane County Elections had received 75,188 ballots, representing 35 percent of the county's 211,369 registered voters.

Statewide, counties had received ballots from 24 percent of voters - 498,000 ballots - through the weekend, compared with a bit less than 18 percent at the same point before the November 2000 election.

Oregon is the only state in which people vote entirely by mail, and the rate of ballot returns seems to indicate the success of Democrats' and Republicans' efforts, observers said.

more

http://www.registerguard.com/news/2004/10/26/d3.cr.ballots.1026.html

[cheshire]

1. Good news in Oregon. Thanks

[JuniorPlankton]

2. Thanks for good news.