No dramatic spike in Ferguson voter registrations after all, election board says

[Sherman A1]

CLAYTON • There was no dramatic spike in new voter registrations in Ferguson, St. Louis County election officials said Tuesday.

The county's election board had previously told some news outlets that 3,287 people were registered to vote in Ferguson since the unrest there began. Tuesday, officials said that number is actually just 128.

Ferguson's total population is about 21,000.

Rita Days, the county's election director, said the discrepancy came from a check of the wrong database. The original search, she said, included voters in Ferguson who had modified their registration in some way (address, death, et cetera) —not just newly register voters.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/no-dramatic-spike-in-ferguson-voter-registrations-after-all-election/article_1f01662f-4f76-5c32-8fb3-b89313483221.html

[cui bono]

1. I hear the election director's office smells fishy too. n/t