Voter Registration Surges in North Carolina

(Via Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire.)

“More than four times as many blacks have
registered to vote in North Carolina during the first few months of
2008 as four years ago, a sign that bodes well for Sen. Barack Obama in
the state’s May 6 Democratic presidential primary,” the Associated Press reports.

“There
has also been a boom in voter registrations overall across age, race,
gender and party affiliation, according to the North Carolina state
board of elections. And, even though the traditional registration
period closes Friday, the numbers may continue to climb if voters take
advantage of North Carolina’s new same-day registration law.”