Professor Hayduk Comments on Increase in Voter Registration Jumps by 15 Percent

MISSION LOCAL -- Ronald Hayduk, a professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University, said the increase is significant but said registration is often higher during presidential elections. “It is common for voter registration and participation to decline in ‘off’ year elections (non presidential elections) and for it to increase in presidential elections,” he wrote. “So this general trend would be consistent with trends in other jurisdictions.”