Some other good news in terms of voter registration from another swing state:
link: http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showa.html?article=44845
"The number of registered voters in the state increased by 15,000 people between the January Presidential primary and the party primaries earlier this month.
According to figures released by Secretary of State Bill Gardner, independent or undeclared voters grew by about 10,000 and Democrats grew by 6,000 and Republicans lost about 100 between the two elections."
So you got it? Registered independents and democrats increased by 16,000 and registered republicans decreased (!) since the primary.
Rest below:
"The current figures show a total of 731,061 registered voters in the state. Undeclared voters are the largest group with 279,306, followed by Republicans at 245,305 and Democrats with 206,450. Gardner said generally the number of registered voters increases between the primary and general election by 50,000. He expects the undeclared voters to top 300,000 after the general election with the number of Republicans and Democrats to increase as well.
In the primary, 15,921 undeclared voters took Republican ballots and 15,832 took Democratic ballots.
The number of registered voters has steadily increased in New Hampshire since checklists were purged in 2001. The names of people who did not vote in any state, federal or local 2000 election were removed from the checklists.
The number of registered voters had grown to 854,695 for the 2000 election, but dropped to 633,230 after the purge. Both independents and Republican voters had grown to over 300,000 but dropped to 232,805 and 233,363 respectively after the purge. Democrats dropped to 167,062.
For the 2002 primary, registrations grew to 658,224 and then to 690,159 for the general election. Republicans were the largest group after the primary, but undeclared were larger after the general election.
After this year's Presidential primary, there were 714,119 registered voters. Undeclared voters totaled 268,950, Republicans 245,438 and Democrats 199,731.
In the figures released after last month's primary, eight counties gained in the number of registered voters, while Cheshire and Strafford counties lost voters.
Hillsborough continues to have the largest number of registered voters, with 210,325, followed by Rockingham with 175,934, while Coos has the lowest number with 18,866 followed by Sullivan with 23,854."