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Record number of voters registered in Pima County

Posted at 5:18 AM, Oct 18, 2016
and last updated 2016-10-18 09:55:52-04
Voters in Pima County have yet again set a record for registration ahead of this year's election.
 
The Pima County Recorder's office announced the county added more than 34,000 new voters. That's an increase of almost 7% between the August cut-off date for the primary election and the October cut-off for the general election.
 
Countywide totals, between those dates, show an 8% increase in registered Democrats and a 5% Republican. Of the 34,000 new voters in Pima County, nearly 21,000 are from Congressional District 2, which  adds up to an 6% increase in our district. Eight thousand of those new voters registered as Democrats, 5,000 as Republican and 7,000 registered with another party. 
 
The data also shows a record number of Arizonans waited until the final day to register online. According to the Arizona Department of Transportation, more than 45,000 would-be voters signed up to vote on Monday through the ServiceArizona website. 
 
Here is a complete list of the numbers released by the Pima County Recorder's Office:
 
Countywide Totals
 
                                2016 Primary            2016 General                    Increase                  Percent Increase Democratic             191,775                        206,618                            14,843                            7.7%
Republican             155,366                        163,372                              8,006                            5.2%
Libertarian                    3,820                             4,378                                 558                          14.6%
Green                            1,557                             1,766                                 209                          13.4%
Other                         156,573                        167,375                            10,802                           6.9%
Total Registered Voters 509,091                 543,509                           34,418                           6.8%
 
 
Congressional District 2
 
                                  2016 Primary                2016 General                  Increase                  Percent Increase
Democratic                 113,180                            121,372                             8,192                            7.2%
Republican                 105,336                            110,589                             5,253                            5.0%
Libertarian                       2,463                                 2,842                                379                          15.4%
Green                                   988                                 1,103                                115                           11.6%
Other                               96,087                            103,115                             7,028                             7.3%
Total Registered Voters 318,054                        339,021                           20,967                             6.6%