There’s no doubt that all eyes are on the upcoming presidential election next month and a growing trend in the number of people registering to vote is gripping the nation.

As of Thursday, the number of registered Carbon County voters has increased by over 2,500 from last year’s general election.A total of 41,757 eligible voters, up from 40,149 in the April primary, are registered in the county to cast their ballot on who they feel should be the next president. That total is expected to rise in the coming days as the county elections bureau processes the electronic voter registrations that have been filled out before the Oct. 11 deadline.Commissioners’ Chairman Wayne Nothstein said there are about 800 registrations that the bureau is currently working to process.The influx has also required extra county staffing to be sent to the department to help process both registrations and absentee ballot requests.Last year, Carbon County voters totaled 39,187 for the general election, which was just slightly higher than the number of residents registered in the 2012 presidential election, which had 38,949.Democratic voters remained steady from 2015, down only three, to 18,306; while the Republican party saw a large jump from 15,030 in 2015 to 17,398 this year.Other parties listed include the Libertarian party with 271, Green party with 72, Constitution party with four and all other parties totaling 5,706.“I think right now, there are more registered voters than we had in a long time,” Commissioner Thomas J. Gerhard said.Nothstein said that the bureau will be working with an extended staff the next few weeks to meet all deadlines.He urged people who will be requesting an absentee ballot to get the forms in early as the department must have all ballots out by Nov. 1 for the Nov. 4 deadline.“I highly recommend you get it in as soon as possible so that we don’t have 1,000 coming in on Oct. 31 and have to do it overnight,” Nothstein said.Carbon County is expecting to have approximately 1,100 absentee ballots like the last presidential election, Commissioner William O’Gurek said.