Sussex County voter registration climbs since last president

more clear that there’s only a little over two weeks left to register to vote. 47 abc’s dani bozzini made a stop in sussex county — to take a look at how the county’s registration process is going. track one the presidential election — is just over a month away – and more and more people are becoming registered voters — kenneth mcdowell has been sussex county department of elections director since 1991 — and says he has seen several first time voters come in to register this year — 15:43:21 i think there’s probably i’ve seen people come in and register for the first time that are forty fifty years old and have never voting before in their life and they’re coming in to vote for in this case the president situation 15:43:35 track two so far — sussex county has just under one-hundred and fifty-five thousand registered voters — that’s roughly twenty-thousand more — than in the last presidential election in 20-12 mcdowell thinks its due to the public’s energy surrounded this election — 47 abc caught up with this couple from seaford — who admit they will be going on vacation during the election — and were eager to get their absentee ballots in now. 15:53:12 anybody who has gotten this far enough in society to be able to register to vote certainly needs to voice their opinion in this election most of all but in any election 15:53:23 track three even with an increase in interest and registered voters — it doesn’t guarantee that every voter will actually vote — mcdowell says in 2012 — they had a voter turnout of sixty-eight percent — and he’s hoping to match that or surpass it since registering and voting have become so easy — you just need two forms of identification you can use your state issued i-d or driver’s license — car registration — or letters sent to your house. basically anything with an address on it – sent to you through the post office can count as your forms of identification. with the registration deadline approaching — the department of elections offices in each county will have extended hours — and they’re open on saturdays to answer any and all of your voting questions. dani bozzini, 47 abc the last day to register to vote in delaware is october 15th — it can be done at any department of elections office or online at eye vote dot d-e dot gov and coinciding with the national election — is a municipal election in ocean