CLEVELAND, Ohio - Voter registration rolls have shrunk by 490,000 statewide from the last presidential election, in part because of efforts to eliminate duplicated and outdated entries, as well as voters who had been inactive for more than four years.

Cuyahoga County accounts for 44 percent of the reduction statewide. Jane Platten, the county's election director, said there has been an intensive effort to cleanup the voting list over the last few years. For example, the county now gets regular updates of deaths from the state.

Voting registration lists totaled 900,135 in Cuyahoga County as of Sept. 2, down 19.3 percent from 1,114,740 on Election Day in 2008.

Statewide, the number has fallen 5.9 percent from 8,301,283 to 7,811,402.

Check with your board of election if you are uncertain whether you are registered.

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Find more on voter registration rules and how to contact local election officials from The Plain Dealer's Grant Segall.

Here is a county-by-county breakdown:

County Registered

11/3/2008 Registered

9/2/2012 Change Pct. Change Voting age

population Adams 17,988 18,159 171 1.0% 21,415 Allen 72,017 68,798 -3,219 -4.5% 80,886 Ashland 36,704 36,115 -589 -1.6% 40,463 Ashtabula 64,207 63,982 -225 -0.4% 77,490 Athens 49,041 45,330 -3,711 -7.6% 54,508 Auglaize 33,760 31,178 -2,582 -7.6% 34,283 Belmont 46,867 49,198 2,331 5.0% 56,545 Brown 28,434 28,244 -190 -0.7% 33,808 Butler 260,956 234,683 -26,273 -10.1% 275,526 Carroll 19,697 18,766 -931 -4.7% 22,199 Champaign 26,083 27,368 1,285 4.9% 30,057 Clark 92,971 89,965 -3,006 -3.2% 105,690 Clermont 135,673 130,433 -5,240 -3.9% 146,773 Clinton 26,955 26,354 -601 -2.2% 31,778 Columbiana 70,073 66,002 -4,071 -5.8% 84,257 Coshocton 22,232 22,052 -180 -0.8% 28,022 Crawford 29,748 29,222 -526 -1.8% 33,651 Cuyahoga 1,114,740 900,135 -214,605 -19.3% 989,860 Darke 34,245 36,131 1,886 5.5% 39,746 Defiance 26,443 25,501 -942 -3.6% 29,434 Delaware 119,614 122,711 3,097 2.6% 123,710 Erie 55,185 53,165 -2,020 -3.7% 59,934 Fairfield 105,844 104,965 -879 -0.8% 107,747 Fayette 16,354 16,047 -307 -1.9% 21,867 Franklin 844,993 778,324 -66,669 -7.9% 884,872 Fulton 29,610 28,988 -622 -2.1% 31,689 Gallia 23,713 22,236 -1,477 -6.2% 23,582 Geauga 70,331 65,722 -4,609 -6.6% 69,152 Greene 114,031 120,263 6,232 5.5% 126,440 Guernsey 25,087 24,396 -691 -2.8% 30,472 Hamilton 606,246 542,791 -63,455 -10.5% 612,734 Hancock 53,934 54,145 211 0.4% 57,154 Hardin 18,036 18,186 150 0.8% 24,498 Harrison 11,077 10,661 -416 -3.8% 12,392 Henry 20,122 20,136 14 0.1% 21,121 Highland 27,280 28,231 951 3.5% 32,497 Hocking 18,628 18,091 -537 -2.9% 22,375 Holmes 18,167 18,173 6 0.0% 27,855 Huron 37,035 36,550 -485 -1.3% 43,959 Jackson 22,976 24,050 1,074 4.7% 25,070 Jefferson 50,149 48,800 -1,349 -2.7% 55,655 Knox 38,842 41,434 2,592 6.7% 46,220 Lake 160,575 150,784 -9,791 -6.1% 179,015 Lawrence 45,687 49,433 3,746 8.2% 47,801 Licking 112,002 110,086 -1,916 -1.7% 125,367 Logan 30,609 30,255 -354 -1.2% 34,239 Lorain 204,397 208,436 4,039 2.0% 229,278 Lucas 317,057 301,862 -15,195 -4.8% 335,678 Madison 24,259 23,980 -279 -1.2% 33,628 Mahoning 178,254 167,884 -10,370 -5.8% 187,485 Marion 41,606 41,977 371 0.9% 51,772 Medina 128,491 122,660 -5,831 -4.5% 128,591 Meigs 15,874 16,572 698 4.4% 18,356 Mercer 27,584 29,412 1,828 6.6% 30,041 Miami 71,366 69,697 -1,669 -2.3% 77,738 Monroe 10,212 10,389 177 1.7% 11,495 Montgomery 390,315 375,992 -14,323 -3.7% 411,874 Morgan 9,176 8,851 -325 -3.5% 11,534 Morrow 25,568 24,548 -1,020 -4.0% 25,834 Muskingum 53,884 53,359 -525 -1.0% 65,423 Noble 8,894 8,943 49 0.6% 11,848 Ottawa 29,956 30,302 346 1.2% 32,833 Paulding 13,517 13,030 -487 -3.6% 14,676 Perry 22,783 24,180 1,397 6.1% 26,627 Pickaway 32,736 32,761 25 0.1% 42,541 Pike 19,042 18,570 -472 -2.5% 21,589 Portage 109,636 104,946 -4,690 -4.3% 127,741 Preble 28,802 28,579 -223 -0.8% 32,032 Putnam 24,278 23,761 -517 -2.1% 25,299 Richland 94,467 88,741 -5,726 -6.1% 96,456 Ross 44,320 46,330 2,010 4.5% 60,479 Sandusky 43,802 40,891 -2,911 -6.6% 46,076 Scioto 55,191 46,844 -8,347 -15.1% 61,409 Seneca 36,439 36,052 -387 -1.1% 43,377 Shelby 30,966 32,610 1,644 5.3% 35,921 Stark 270,610 254,141 -16,469 -6.1% 289,600 Summit 379,985 355,837 -24,148 -6.4% 418,206 Trumbull 148,118 149,671 1,553 1.0% 163,680 Tuscarawas 59,711 59,363 -348 -0.6% 70,618 Union 32,756 33,565 809 2.5% 38,050 Van Wert 20,295 20,747 452 2.2% 21,580 Vinton 9,019 8,616 -403 -4.5% 10,100 Warren 141,181 143,630 2,449 1.7% 154,218 Washington 41,661 42,320 659 1.6% 48,837 Wayne 73,244 76,149 2,905 4.0% 85,375 Williams 26,562 24,999 -1,563 -5.9% 28,723 Wood 102,224 106,258 4,034 3.9% 98,213 Wyandot 16,076 15,696 -380 -2.4% 17,216 Statewide 8,299,275 7,809,390 -489,885 -5.9% 8,805,855

Source: Plain Dealer analysis of Ohio Secretary of State and U.S. Census Bureau data.



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