Voter Registration Surges Past 2008 Election

INDIANAPOLIS — New numbers from the Indiana Secretary of State's office show that 200,000 more residents have registered to vote in this year's presidential election than four years ago.

With more than a week to go before the Oct. 11 registration deadline, 4.7 million residents are currently registered to vote — more than the 4.5 million who were registered in the 2008 race between President Barack Obama and U.S. Sen. John McCain.

Facebook began running a promotion Friday, providing links for its users to register to vote. That day, 21,000 signed up to vote in Indiana. That number rose to 30,000 through the weekend.

The secretary of state's office says Friday was the third-highest daily total ever for online registrations.