New Britain herald., 1928-10-23
RECORD VOTE ID
 BE ESTABLISHED
hpsd Al Hlrts to Fall
 HGdoa Day
By CARL D. GRoAr

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 Washington. Oct. g (UP)-Poli ticians of both parties are looking forward to . record-breaking vote il the presidential election.
 Figures 70 far known indicate heavy registration practically every. where with women voters preparing to exercise their voting right more extensively than ever before.
 Both camps are striving hard tc ''get out the vote," and the indica- tions today are that while there will be an army of stay-at-homes. untold thousands will seek out the polls voluntarily on November 6 out of sheer interest in the contest.
 From practically every corner of the land come reports that registra- ton is unparalleled this year. Many experts look for total vote of from 35.00o,000 to %0.O00.0O0 compared with . total 1924 vote of between 2S,000.000 and 30,O00,o00.
 New York Is Example
 New York City offers striking illustration of the interest this bat tie between Herbert Hoover and Gov. Smith has developed.
 The registration there is 2,o23,e54 or about 600,0oO above the 1924 vote. Other New York state cities show an increase. Chicago with a 100000 registration is about one third above the total number vot- ing in 1924. For Illinois as whole there are estimates of registration running 3,000,000 or more, a one fifth increase. or greater. over the 1s24 vote. The city of Lincoln, Neb., to date has about 3o,OO0 reg istration-a good gain over 1924. New York state probably will show . 20 to 30 per cent increase over 1s2%. These are merely samples of what is happening in many quarters of tho land. Even in the south where hitherto practically everybody voted democratic as Q matter o' course, and then chiefly in the pri- martes, registration indicates hlth- erto unequalled interest.
 5S,OOO, 900 Eligible
 There are about 6S,O00,0OO per sons eligible to vote in the coming election, and of this number about 2s,5o0, 900 are women. Many Of these both male and female will be stay at homes, however.
 Reports from many urban centers say that the women literally have swamped the registration centers. In New York, Philadelphia. St. Louis, St. Paul, Baltimore, Chicago and Louisville. increased registration is reported. and the women are aid ing much to swell the totals.
 SO0, 900 Gain in Mass.
 Tn Massachusetts, it is estimated 1,700. 900 persons have registered for this year compared with 1,4o5,227 in 1924: Maine reports an estimated in- crease of about one third; and Rhode Island, of about one-tenth since 1924. Wisconsin's total presi- dential vote in 1924 was S40,s21, but only 5ss.b41 registered in the primary. A 10 to l5 per cent increase in volume is foreseen this year in Minnesota, North Da- k0JA AuU 6Vulu 4|0noS0 osSA
 The secretary of state of Ohio re- ports cities there have broken all re esistratton records and he antici- bates these figures will be at least 300, ,o0o greater than in 1924. The combined rural and urban registra- ton (vhsrs recorded) is expected to reach 3,000,000.
 Women Catered To
 Both parties have paid particular . .ttention to the woman vote. The efforts have perhaps had mors publicity than the democratic, but the efforts to corral the woman vote probably cannot be compared .s to extent or effectiveness. Both ,ides arc making strong claims as to their grasp on this increasingly element in the political Bituation.