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Voter registration drop ‘reflects Tory bid to rig system’
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HUNDREDS of thousands of people have been removed from the register of voters in the last year due to Tory attempts to “rig” the electoral system, according to alarming figures published yesterday.
The Office for National Statistics revealed that 603,000 people were taken off the electoral register between December 2014 and December 2015.
That includes a steep 40 per cent fall in the number of 16 and 17-year-olds registered to vote.
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