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Dems hold edge in Carbon voter registration

A total of 39,187 people are eligible to vote in Carbon County's General Election on Nov. 3, according to the recent certification of voting rolls by the county's election board.

Voting will take place from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. that day in the county's 51 election precincts.Of that total, 18,309 people are registered to the Democratic Party, 15,030 are Republicans, and a variety of other party affiliations exist.In May, when there were 38,917 registered voters, only 9,749 cast their ballots, a dismal 25.05 percent of the voters.Besides the two major parties, a breakdown of the other voters by political affiliation included:No affiliation, 3,060; Independent, 1,071; nonpartisan, 989; Libertarian, 283; no party, 222; Green, 71; other, 28; none, 23; Conservative, 17; Constitutional, 15; Independence, 12; Reform, 8; Liberal, 7; Constitution, Halloween and Independent Democrat, 4 each; not sure, Consumers and Patriot, 3 each; neutral, undecided and unknown, 2 each; and American, Anarchist, any, bipartisan, Birthday, Blank, Bull Moose, Foedero Civis-Witch, Freedom, Independent Republican, Mutual, open, Right to Life, Socialist Party USA and Tea, 1 each.A breakdown of the major parties' vote totals by election district:Banks Township - 472 Democrats, 175 Republicans.Beaver Meadows Borough - 306 Democrats, 171 Republicans.Bowmanstown Borough - 234 Democrats, 223 Republicans.East Penn Township-South - 395 Democrats, 337 Republicans.East Penn Township-North - 362 Democrats, 431 Republicans.East Side Borough - 81 Democrats, 62 Republicans.Franklin Township-Independent - 266 Democrats, 320 Republicans.Franklin Township-Harrity - 433 Democrats, 505 Republicans.Franklin Township-Long Run - 325 Democrats, 434 Republicans.Jim Thorpe-First - 379 Democrats, 195 Republicans.Jim Thorpe-Second - 286 Democrats, 130 Republicans.Jim Thorpe-Third - 487 Democrats, 272 Republicans.Jim Thorpe-Fourth - 232 Democrats, 116 Republicans.Jim Thorpe-Fifth - 376 Democrats, 246 Republicans.Kidder Township-North - 122 Democrats, 132 Republicans.Kidder Township-South - 315 Democrats, 458 Republicans.Lansford-East - 497 Democrats, 310 Republicans.Lansford-Middle - 299 Democrats, 173 Republicans.Lansford-West - 337 Democrats, 167 Republicans.Lausanne Township - 76 Democrats, 52 Republicans.Lehigh Township - 85 Democrats, 222 Republicans.Lehighton-First - 474 Democrats, 420 Republicans.Lehighton-Second - 443 Democrats, 344 Republicans.Lehighton-Third - 450 Democrats, 300 Republicans.Lower Towamensing Township-North - 453 Democrats, 387 Republicans.Lower Towamensing Township-South - 363 Democrats, 306 Republicans.Mahoning Township-Mahoning - 641 Democrats, 660 Republicans.Mahoning Township-New Mahoning - 186 Democrats, 253 Republicans.Mahoning Township-Packerton/Jamestown - 221 Democrats, 183 Republicans.Nesquehoning-East - 569 Democrats, 248 Republicans.Nesquehoning-West - 609 Democrats, 344 Republicans.Packer Township - 224 Democrats, 422 Republicans.Palmerton-East - 449 Democrats, 377 Republicans.Palmerton-Middle - 730 Democrats, 537 Republicans.Palmerton-West - 240 Democrats, 140 Republicans.Parryville - 118 Democrats, 105 Republicans.Penn Forest Township-Southwest - 535 Democrats, 515 Republicans.Penn Forest Township-Northwest - 589 Democrats, 526 Republicans.Penn Forest Township-Middle - 441 Democrats, 340 Republicans.Penn Forest Township-Northeast - 646 Democrats, 501 Republicans.Penn Forest Township-East - 641 Democrats, 492 Republicans.Summit Hill-First - 353 Democrats, 97 Republicans.Summit Hill-Second - 297 Democrats, 138 Republicans.Summit Hill-Third - 359 Democrats, 205 Republicans.Summit Hill-White Bear - 175 Democrats, 109 Republicans.Towamensing Township-North - 316 Democrats, 410 Republicans.Towamensing Township-South 1 - 377 Democrats, 456 Republicans.Towamensing Township-South 2 - 372 Democrats, 361 Republicans.Weatherly-East - 370 Democrats, 449 Republicans.Weatherly-West - 184 Democrats, 207 Republicans.Weissport - 119 Democrats, 67 Republicans.