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to know about voter registration Storified by Digital First
Media · Tue, Sep 25 2012 07:06:33 Tuesday, Sept. 25, is National
Voter Registration Day , a single day of action led by a group
of nonprofits to help register as many voters as possible. Here
are some facts about voter registration in the U.S. today. About
79 percent of eligible U.S. voters are registered. Voter
registration is automatic in many other countries. Voter
registration is expensive in the United States. In 13 states,
you can register to vote online. Arizona led the way in 2002
with an online voter registration program . Today, over 70
percent of voter registrations in that state were done online. A
dozen other states followed suit, including California,
Colorado, New York and Ohio. But many state websites need
improvement. A report by the Pew Center found that 12 state
election websites, including Pennsylvania, N