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Oct 4, 2008 2:49 pm US/Eastern

Demand Strong For Absentee Ballots

BOSTON (AP) ― City and town clerks in Massachusetts are reporting a surge in applications for absentee ballots for the November election.

They say it reflects intense interest in the presidential election and foreshadows a high turnout on Election Day.

Agawam clerk Richard Theroux is predicting a 20 percent increase over the approximately 1,000 absentee ballots that were cast by residents of the city in 2004. Theroux tells the Republican newspaper of Springfield that many of the requests are coming from college students who seem to be excited about voting in a national election for the first time.

Secretary of State William Galvin says tens of thousands of people statewide have applied for absentee ballots. Galvin says the ballots are being printed and will be sent to clerks' offices soon.

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