As excitement builds for this November's general election, Registrar Margi Esten reports an unusually large number of town residents have visited her office at Redding Town Hall to establish or switch their party affiliation to Democratic. In the past 18 months, some 200 names have been added to the local Democratic ranks.

The heaviest traffic in recent months was immediately prior to the presidential primary, held in Connecticut on "Super Tuesday" on Feb. 5. Esten says that determined voters were switching parties as late as the day before the primary in order to.... read more >

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