Voter Registration Day breaks records for new voters

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Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – This year’s National Voter Registration Day on Sept. 25 broke the previous record set for new registered voters.

On Tuesday Sept. 25, more than 800 thousand people signed up to vote in the upcoming midterms. That is more than the 771 thousand first-time voters who registered in 2016.

Voter registration for the Midterms is still open across the country. Oct 9 was set to be the last day to register to cast a November ballot in South Carolina, but the deadline has been extended to Oct. 17 due to flooding from Hurricane Florence displacing individuals.