"With time running out on its
push to register thousands of new voters in Virginia, the Obama campaign is picking up the pace. State election officials told the campaign Friday that 49,000 new voters signed up in August, a sharp increase from the 36,500 who signed up in July and the 28,000 who registered in June"
Virginia Adds 49K New Voters in August | The Trail | washingtonpost.com
Obama's agressive new voter registration campaign is a big reason why Obama got elected in the US senate.