Motor Voters Didn’t Vote, Study Finds
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About 3.4 million Americans signed up to vote thanks to a law requiring that they be allowed to register by mail or while renewing a driver’s license. But most “motor voters” didn’t motor to the polls. Turnout for last year’s presidential election dropped even as registration hit a record high, a Federal Election Commission study found. In 1996, 73% of those eligible were registered and only 49% voted, the FEC said. Four years earlier, the comparable figures were 71% registered and 55% voting.
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