Voter Registration Ended on October 9 in Athens, Ga.

Tuesday was the last day to register to vote for those wanting to participate in November’s elections.

On the ballot are choices for the President, for an amendment on local vs. state control of charter schools, and, depending on where you live, for state and national officials as well.

Gail Schrader, Clarke County’s Board of Elections Supervisor, said her office has seen a steady stream of voters coming in to register. Lots of students are registering, "but it's different from four years ago. Then, it was unlike anything I've ever seen, when we were having shopping bags full of registration cards. It's still busy but it's not like it was in 2008."

The Georgia Secretary of State’s office has gathered information about the registered voters in Athens Clarke County, but those numbers date from April 2012.

The biggest group was white women, with 18,008 of them registered to vote. White men were next, with 16, 052 registered.

The least represented group was black men, with only 5,657 voters. There were 8,880 black women voters.

"Traditionally, black men have the lowerst number of registered voters and the lowest percent of those who vote," said UGA demographer Doug Bachtel of the College of Family and Consumer Sciences. "They feel alienated and not part of the community because of historic discrimination."

In all ethic groups, not just white and black, more women were registered than men, the records show. The number of Asia women registered was 460, vs. 361 for Asian men. For Hispanic registered voters, women outnumbered men, 503 to 415.

An age breakdown of registered voters shows that, across all race and ethnic categories, when you add in "other" categories, more voters were registered--10,701--who were 18 to 24 years old than any other age segment.

"I'm pleasantly surprised at the age factor," Bachtel said. "But just because they're young doesn't mean they're going to vote for Obama."

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