Black Georgia voters joining rolls at three times the pace of white voters
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
There’s little doubt that the Democratic presidential primary is generating excitement in Georgia, particularly among African-American voters.
Secretary of State Karen Handel will post numbers on her web site tomorrow indicating that, in the last three months of 2007, African-Americans registered to vote at a rate three times that of whites in Georgia.
The numbers may be incremental, but they do show a definite trend. From Oct. 1, 2007 to Jan. 1, 2008, the number of black, registered active voters increased 1.6 percent to 1.2 million.
Over the same period, the number of white active voters increased .5 percent to 2.9 million.African-Americans make up 27 percent of the Georgia electorate, according to the new figures. Whites make up 66 percent.