Herbert Whren was among those scrambling to beat the midnight deadline in order to be eligible for the April 22nd primary. He was changing from Independent to Democrat so he could have a say in what he calls an historic race:
"A lot of things are going on like the war in Iraq and things like that. I feel like if I don't do this than I would have missed out in the long run."
Philadelphia county voter registration administrator Bob Lee says it's been busy leading up to the registration deadline:
"Normally presidential primaries have been relatively quiet, this is comparable - if not more than - the '84 primary when Jesse Jackson ran, I think it was."
With the surge in registrations, the Democratic Party becomes the first party in the state to reach the four million mark.