250,000

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/search.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-08-12-0147.html

More than 200,000 new voters have registered in Virginia since January, nearly 64 percent under the age of 35.

And with 12 weeks before Election Day, both parties are revving up for a big push in their get-out-the-vote efforts, including a heavy presence expected on college campuses.

As of Aug. 1, the State Board of Elections had logged 202,597 new registrations, but it's risky to draw conclusions as to what the numbers will mean in the November election.

Virginia voters do not register by party. And while Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, the presumptive Democratic nominee, has been credited with drawing more young voters into politics, young voters traditionally have been a less reliable voting bloc than older voters.

In a SurveyUSA poll released yesterday, Obama led Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the presumptive Republican nominee, 60 percent to 37 percent among Virginia voters ages 18 to 34. Overall, McCain led Obama 48 percent to 47 percent.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/06/obama_helps_register_49k_new_v.html

With time running out on its push to register thousands of new voters in Virginia, the Obama campaign is picking up the pace. State election officials told the campaign Friday that 49,000 new voters signed up in August, a sharp increase from the 36,500 who signed up in July and the 28,000 who registered in June.