Virginia – Voter registration ahead of 2012 pace

Nearly 35 percent more Virginia residents registered to vote in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the same period in 2012, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch and data from the Virginia Department of Elections. The data shows that, so far in 2016, about 40 percent of new voter registrations were done through the state’s online elections portal and more than 30 percent registered through the Department of Motor Vehicles.