Women represent 23 percent of total registered voters in the south, up from 13 percent when the registration drive began this year, she said.

Media reports exaggerated about the number of youths to set up voting registration drives.

Contributions known as soft money can be used only for limited purposes to finance general party activities like registration drives.

The paper played a fundamental role on defeating the registration drive of officials.

The registration drives will take place in shopping centers, markets and other public places, she said.

However, there is virtually no evidence that registration drives are leading to fraud at the polls.

The registration drives are just the first step in a campaign by each side to get more Americans to vote by using personal contact.

The registration drive is continuing, with an eye on the special election in February to fill the vacant seats.

The murder and similar violence elsewhere were setbacks to the black registration drive.

It is also in part because a registration drive has added more than 25,000 black voters to the rolls since January.