Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-15 | Page 17 | Record Number of Votes Seen as Registration Rolls Mount

Record Number of Votes Seen As Reg Registration strat n. n Rolls p o s Mo Mount nt By United Press Record-breaking Record registrations in L pa parts ts oi the n nation forecast I today the probability of ofa a a new high high in votes to to be cast in th the coming corning presidential election Increases ranging from 5 to 20 per cent indicated the 1932 record vote of more than would be surpassed by many thousands if voters go to he the polls in anything like the manner they flocked locked to registration registration regIstration reg reg- booths Tremendous gains were recorded along the eastern seaboard New NewYork NewYork NewYork York leading with a record total of votes The figure exceeded the 1932 vote by In Boston more than voters have registered surpassing I Ithe the previous high in 1934 1931 by more than In Quaker State Philadelphia center of a fight for the electoral votes of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania shattered registration history with a total close to a million Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican registration was Democratic It was was- wasa a decrease decrease decrease de de- crease of for the Republicans and an increase of for the Democrats compared to 1932 fig fig- ures The Pacific coast revealed a sunila sim sun ila ilal interest in politics In LoS ILos Angeles Angeles Angeles An An- geles there was a gain of votes voles the list having increased from in 1932 to in 1936 San Francisco's registration was compared to the previous high of in 1934 Portland Ore set a new v high with registrations an increase increase increase in in- crease of approximately Washington State Olympia capital of Washington reported the state would set a new record Registrations are expected to o exceed with Seattle Tacoma Tacoma Tacoma Ta- Ta coma Spokane and other cities scoring scoring scoring ing new highs Denver Denver's s registration was approximately approxImately approximately with the books not closing until October 31 Th The previous previous pre pre- lous high was Tho The mid middle die west battleground of o both major parties kept pace with the rest of the nation in attaining new highs In Chicago persons regIstered registered reg- reg compared with inthe in inthe the he 1932 general election m. m For Cook county the total is expected to exceed exceed exceed ex ex- a new high Other midwestern cities reported new records as follows Detroit More Detroit More than an in increase increase increase in- in crease of approximately Omaha Omaha Omaha-A A total of with 1 new registrations daily dally compared to I for 1932 after about names had been removed Des Moines Iowa New Iowa New registrations registrations registrations to October 12 totaled with the books open until October 23 An increase of approximately over 1932 was predicted There Minneapolis Minneapolis There are registered compared with in 1934 Kansas City Kansas City Total City Total expected t to reach There have been frequent frequent frequent fre fre- quent changes in the tho total due t to toch ch charges of padding etc St St. Louis Louis A A total of again a again gain of over 1932 The situation situation situa- situa tion is similar to that in Kansas ansas City New records also were were attained in the south and southwest A section cross-section view of that region b by cities follows r Dallas county Texas Texas Ninety Ninety thousand a new record Oklahoma City six Eighty six Eighty thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand six hundred and four with th the total expected to reach I Birmingham Ala Jefferson Jefferso county Birmingham registration increased 8 per percent cent over 1932 t to I New Orleans Registered ans Registered th this thin year Last year A slight decrease believed due lue to a aI an I increased death rate