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BREAKING: New analysis reveals huge increase in voter registration compared to 2017 election electoral-reform.org.uk/latest-news-an… #Register2Vote

There have been 3,191,193 applications to register in the period from the day the election was called (29th Oct) to midnight on Monday (28 days). That’s an average of 114,000 per day

The registration figure is 38% higher than the 2,315,893 applications to register in a similar period in the 2017 election. That equated to an average of 68,000 registrations per day

In 2019, 875,300 more applications have been made during the period between the election being called and the day before the voter registration deadline, than the same period in 2017

Of the applications made since the election was called in October, 2,125,064 applications (67% of the total) were made by people aged 34 or under

Yesterday saw 366,443 people apply to register. 72% of applications (264,306) came from people aged 34 or under. The ERS’ National Voter Registration Day on Friday saw over 300,000 people register – the highest number up to that date

In 2017, 622,398 applications were made to #RegisterToVote on the day of the voter registration deadline. Could we see a higher figure today?

Around 1.2m of this election’s 3.2m registrations are likely to be duplicates (i.e. 2m are likely to be ‘new’ entries to the register)

Millions could still be missing from the electoral roll today. The Electoral Commission estimated that up to 9.4m were missing from the electoral roll in December 2018

In the last few hours left before the deadline, we call on everyone to do all they can to spread the word and make this an election that is truly representative

We need all parties commit to backing universal, automatic registration and a system fit for the 21st century

While it’s not possible to say with certainty the cause for the rise in applications, clearly there has been surge in interest in this election