London Banter - View Single Post - Electoral registration (was: Croxley Rail Link go ahead confirmed)

Roland Perry · April 10th 15, 11:36 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In message , at 12:17:17
on Thu, 9 Apr 2015, remarked:

I came of age on 1 January 1970, between 18 and 21. My 21st birthday was at
the start of my third year.

You said the old rule put people on the register in October - so only a
couple of month's worth of each academic year intake.

Under that rule I would not have been able to register until four months
after graduating. And that's having taken a "gappy year". For most
University students the October-after-they-became-21 would be after they
graduated, even if born between 1st Sept and whatever the date in
October was.

I've also found some commentary that says University Students were only
allowed to vote in their Uni town after a case brought by Churchill
College [after, I'm not sure how much after] 1/1/1970.
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Roland Perry