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‘Left without a voice’: October general election could leave students in UK unable to vote (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 7 months ago by i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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Maybe that's the plan?

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[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Unable to vote? Are they ineligible for postal votes?

Maybe I should read the article 🤣.

Edit:

They also say that an October election – potentially just two or three weeks after freshers’ week in many university towns – would not leave local councils enough time to put many thousands of new student addresses on the electoral register.

Oh ok that makes more sense. In that case register before you go to uni and do a postal vote. It just depends how much you care about voting Vs being young and care free. I know I wouldn't have bothered (and didn't) until after university anyways.