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%
