Avalanche.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

I suspect it's more a middle finger as he goes.....as he hasn't posted since. Perhaps he'll come back and tell us.

I appear to have really bothered him it seems.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

""The way we register for voting has changed in he last few years. It used to be that a form was sent to the home and one person would complete it on behalf of the family. So one form may have Mum Dad and 2 teenagers on it not that the teenagers even noticed.

Today each person is expected to register individually, however what is not clear just yet is do more or less people register. 1mm people in several weeks sounds a lot but it maybe that it is par for the course before an election it just wasn't noticed as they were previously group returns.

After the 2017 the media reported that the young turned our in droves to vote for Corbyn. Later I saw some research that suggested the youth turnout was not that much different from previous elections!

If they are registering in larger numbers and intend to vote that has to be a good thing and no doubt the pollsters will have to adjust their predications if they get it wrong yet again.

One final point you have to register each year so are they new voters are voters simply re-registering from last year?""
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Interesting update from my previous post from the Independent. According to them 9mm young people have not yet registered to vote.

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""Unfortunately the surge in applications to register barely scratches the surface when it comes to the up to 9.4 million thought to be missing from the electoral roll. Without a huge push this week, next month’s vote will be the ‘missing millions’ election – with young people, BME voters and many low-income voices left out of the debate. "

So Corbyn may not get his youthquake this time.

Edited by Badger11 (19 Nov 2019 9.33am)

One more point

The sign of the times to come.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

I wonder how many of the missing voters don't register as they wish to remain under the radar for a variety of fiscal reasons

Certainly an element to that. If you are not paying child support you would not want to register. Likewise if you are living with someone who is claiming benefits as a single parent etc. again you would not register.

However from my experience as a Poll Clerk the most likely explanation is laziness / stupidity. Every election we would get a handful of people come in claiming they had registered who we couldn't find. Eventually they would admit it was several years ago or they had just moved to the area they just didn't get it's an annual thing.

By the way even if you don't vote these is one very good reason why you should still be on the electoral role. It is a key element in compiling your credit score so if you wonder why your score is too low that maybe one of the answers.

One more point