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WASHINGTON, March 8 (UPI) -- U.S. Muslim political groups have started an ambitious campaign to register hundreds of thousands of new Muslim voters.
They hope to register 85 percent of an estimated 2.7 million to 3 million Muslims they believe are eligible to vote in the coming presidential election.
"Muslims can play a significant role in the November election if they register and vote in large numbers," says Aslam Abdullah, whose Los Angeles-based Muslim Electorates' Council of America leads the campaign for registering Muslim voters.
Some Muslim organizations estimate that there are already 1.8 million registered Muslim voters in the United States, and they predict their number will increase significantly as a new generation of young Muslim-Americans comes of voting age.
A recent study by the council shows in the 2000 election, most Muslims voted for George W. Bush but this year they may vote otherwise.
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