Obama camp intensifies push for new Ore. voters

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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama's Oregon campaign says it will continue its push to sign up new voters for the November election, an effort that could help produce the largest number of voters ever registered for an Oregon election.

So far this year Democrats have added 122,518 registered voters statewide, mainly because of the heated May primary race between Obama and Hillary Clinton and the Obama campaign's intensive effort to register new voters. Republicans have lost 13,349 voters since the start of the year.

At a news briefing Monday, Obama's state director, Rob Hill, said the 700,000 eligible but unregistered voters in Oregon will be a key campaign focus in the weeks ahead.


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