SEVENTY-SEVEN percent of people in York are registered to vote on the new individual registration scheme.
Figures released by the Electoral Commission show that 120,146 people in the city have had their details transferred onto the new electoral registers. The commission is now urging the remaining people to complete their registration.
Research shows that young people, private renters and students are more likely to not have been registered to vote under the new system, and anyone yet to register will have received letters asking for additional information - their National Insurance number and date of birth – in order to be moved over.
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