POLK HITS A MILESTONE

The Lakeland Ledger's political columnist Bill Rufty notes today that Polk County hit a milestone last month during Supervisor of Elections Lori Edwards' annual Government Week voter registration drive in the county's high schools. Thanks to the 412 new voters signed up, Polk County surpassed the 300,000 mark. As of Friday, the number of eligible voters was up to 300,546. Polk County is now the tenth largest of Florida's 67 counties in terms of registered voters.

It's one thing to get them registered...now if we can just get 'em interested and to the polls...