BY ROBERT SCHWANEBERG
Star-Ledger Staff

More than 48,000 new voters registered in time to vote in next month's presidential primary and, in true Garden State fashion, the overwhelming majority did not align with any party.

In a state where "unaffiliated" voters outnumber Democrats and Republicans combined, roughly eight in 10 new voters opted not to join a party -- at least not yet. They can still do that on Feb. 5 by going to the polls and choosing the party in whose primary they wish to vote.

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