The number of people registering to vote in Geary county has increased.

Rebecca Bossemeyer, Geary County Clerk said that even for a presidential election year, traffic in her office has been much higher with citizens registering to vote.

“We are having literally hundreds a week now which is a little higher than what we normally see in a presidential race…people are registering to vote in the office, we’re getting emails, we’re getting faxes and people are registering when they’re getting their drivers license renewed, so we’re having brisk business already,” said Bossemeyer.

The requirements to register are fairly simple, and if you need to check your registration status you can do so online at https://www.voteks.org/.

“You have to be a citizen of the United States and a resident of Kansas and you have to be 18 or older by the [date of the] general election,” said Bossemeyer.

Bossemeyer wants to let young voters know that if you are 17 but will turn 18 before or on the date of the November 8th election, you must register now in order to vote on that day.

“I really want to emphasize [that] for our younger people, they have to complete the voter registration application and the last day that you can do that for this election is October 18th,”said Bossemeyer.

If you have moved or changed your name since the last time you voted, you must re-register.

For more information contact the Office of the Geary County Clerk at 238-3912 or visit voteks.org.