Reply #3: they talk of a new voting law that may change before the election: [View All]

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The biggest jump in voter registration rolls came in 2004 and an expert says that is attributable to interest in the presidential election that year. That was a spike across the country -- the biggest seen since 1960.

In the last gubernatorial election there were 2.8 million registered Maryland voters. That number rose to 3.1 million when President Bush was re-elected. It then went down again, and now is back up. The number of independents has risen 30%.

One of the reasons the numbers are up is because people can register to vote at the MVA and other government offices. Tomorrow is the deadline to register if you want to vote in the Maryland primary.

A new law allows people to vote in the five days leading up to election day, but that is being challenged in court and could change before September 12, primary day.