Last minute registrations swell voter rolls

Last minute registrations swell voter rolls RALEIGH - As the registration deadline arrived today to vote on Nov. 4, Wake election officials were dealing with mail buckets full of voter applications. People who missed the registration deadline will still be able to register and vote in the one-stop voting period that begins Thursday. Many of the last minute applications were the result of voter registration drives, said Cherie Poucher, Wake elections director. "We've been getting six huge mail buckets a day," Poucher said. Since Oct. 1, the county has received more than 33,000 voter applications, including about 3,000 today, Poucher said. More are expected next week with the arrival of those sent by mail. Several hundred of the recent... [read full story]