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

[email protected] · April 10th 15, 04:57 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Roland
Perry) wrote:

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.

Only people already 21 on 10th October were registered so they could vote
the following May. My birthday is after 10th October so would not have been
on the register, even in my third year.

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Colin Rosenstiel