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Posted: 11:08 AM Oct 15, 2008
Last Updated: 11:08 AM Oct 15, 2008
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson says nearly 3 million residents are registered to vote for the presidential showdown between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama.

Grayson says 2.9 million people are on the state's voter rolls for the Nov. 4 general election. He says that's a new state record.

Kentuckians set a previous state record in the May primary with more than 2.8 million people registered. Grayson spokesman Les Fugate says there's been a net increase of nearly 50,000 voters since May.

About 1.7 million people are registered as Democrats and about 1 million Republicans. There are also nearly 191,000 people registered as "other."

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Posted by: m on Nov 3, 2008 at 01:23 AM
McCain is a Bush man. He's going to expand the war efforts. Sarah Palin is just eye candy for the presidency campaign. disgrace really. Who had ever even heard of her? McCain is 800 years old, Obama is going to be a walking target, Palin is not fit to be near the White House, don't know a whole lot about Biden. Point is, this election will be one for the History Books, it's doomed from the beginning!

Posted by: scared on Oct 24, 2008 at 09:30 AM
I am a woman for Obama.That woman Sara Palin is a put down to every woman in the united states.It scares me to even think she would be in the white house.Mccain thought women were dumb and vote for her lol.well the lol is on Mccain.Shes Not No Hillary Clinton.Never Will Be.Obama i cant wait for you to be our next president.Obama/Biden 08.Palin go back to Alaska we dont need you here.

Posted by: formerkentuckian on Oct 20, 2008 at 08:58 PM
Since I lived in eastern KY. for 20 years, I trust to God loving people to do the right thing. Put a real Patriotic man in the Whitehouse.. speak out against the eveil of the demonic rats. Obama- Osama only one thing different..Osama displays his radical terrorist acts, but Osama tries to hid his.. Farrakhan called him the Messiah on YOu tube.. and even stated that he is Jesus Christ!!! I don't see Kentuckians voting for a Muslim Raghead terrorist like Barack Hussain Obama.. Go MCCain Go Palin.. we will hang on to our religion and our guns.. Thank YOU! Who knows when you may have to shoot an ACORN out of a tree..

Posted by: Hey Acorn on Oct 16, 2008 at 07:55 PM
As an Obama supporter i am worried to death Mccain is a gop plant to help them get the congress back in 2010 and the have Rock star Palin win a land slide oover Obama and the great depression we are headed to. Its hard to blame the gop when we will controll everything, I can't wait till nov 4 but after that we will be attacked by fox news and the right wing radio for the next 4 years until there chosen one Saraha and the right wingers blame Obama and the democrat congress for the terrible economy we are headed to. Please don't celebrate too early i would rather win a landslide and have a 50 -50 congress so we can have someone too blame God forbid the economy tanks like i think it will.

Posted by: james on Oct 16, 2008 at 06:55 PM
hey squirrly wake up i love how you idiots like to blame democrates when its been repudlicans runnin it all.really lets get real the real terroist here is John Mccain. a man that is holding america hostage with the threat of terrorism and the only way he will catch Bin Ladin is if we elect him. If he really knows where Bin Ladin is and he has done nothing to catch him.....thats aidding and abetting.

Posted by: anonymouse on Oct 16, 2008 at 04:45 AM
I'm voting third party. At least I can feel I made the right decision instead of just voting for the lesser of two evils.

Posted by: ACORNS ARE FOR SQUIRRLS on Oct 15, 2008 at 05:43 PM
WE DONT LIKE ACORS AND BUCKEYES THERE ALL WORTHLESS NUTS LIKE OSAMA OBAMA. GO AHEAD VOTE FOR OBAMA SO HE GETS THE BLAME FOR THIS SCREWED UP ECONOMY. THE ONLY SHOT WE HAVE TO TAKE THE CONGRESS BACK IN 2010 IS TO GET OBAMA IN THERE AND LET HIS ECONOMY TANK AND WHOS BEHIND THE WHEEL DRUNK WHEN THE LAW PULLS THE USA OVER NONE OTHER THAN BARRACT HUSSEIN OSAMA. YES VOTE FOR HIM AND HELP US REPUBLICANS. THE HEAD OF THE USA BANKS SAID TODAY NO POKITICAN WILL FIX THIS OVERNITE HE SAID THE NEXT PRESIDENT WILL NOT FIX ANYTHING, AND THINGS WILL GET A WHOLE LOT WORSE BEFORE THEY GET BETTER.

Posted by: hottamale1199 on Oct 15, 2008 at 01:29 PM
hope they all registered as democrats and vote for obama. we cant take 4 more years of the last 8 we have had to put up with. Mc/cain=bush

Posted by: Ohiovoter on Oct 15, 2008 at 12:40 PM
Well here in Ohio Obama's Acorn machine is working with the homeless, crackhead buckeyes. Nuts Nuts..= Worthless, poison NUTS. I hope that these Kentuckians only vote one time and vote against the terrorists..

Posted by: Laura on Oct 15, 2008 at 11:35 AM
I wonder how many of them are ACORNs. Why would a group name themselves after a nut? Think about it.

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