ELECTIONS

And the ice have it

Local election turnout has all but frozen in recent decades, which is why ice cream giant Ben and Jerry’s has chocolate chipped into the conversation.

Local election turnout has all but frozen in recent decades, which is why ice cream giant Ben and Jerry's has chocolate chipped into the conversation.

More than 770,000 people melted off the electoral register last year after the switch to individual electoral registration.

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