In 2014 the way people register to vote changed. The Individual Electoral Registration system was introduced and this meant that everyone within a household needed to be registered to vote.
Nationally it was being predicted that around 10.5 million people would need to re-register, and another six million, who were not registered, should be. Students and non-responders were identified as key target groups.
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