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Voter excitement, always up before a presidential election, is pushing registration through the roof this year -- with more than 3.5 million people rushing to join in the historic balloting, according to an Associated Press survey.

Figures are up for blacks, women and young people. Rural and city, South and North.

Overall, AP found that nearly one in 65 adult Americans signed up to vote in just the first three months of the year. And in the 21 states that were able to provide comparable data, new registrations have soared about 64 percent from the same three months in the 2004 campaign. Read full article »

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