Thursday, June 1, 1972
PRESS RELEASE
WOETUL RESPONSE TO CALL FOR NEW VOTERS
The Commissioner of Registration, Mr. J.V.G. Mitchell,
said today (June 1) that up to the present "a mere
handful of 4,115 people" have responded to the call to
register as new electors for next year's Urban Council
Elections.
He described this number as "woefully small".
Since the campaign for election has been given much
publicity at regular intervals in the press, over the
radio and also over the television channels, it cannot be
said that people do not know about registering, Mr.
Mitchell said,
He made these comments during a talk on the various
aspects of the work of the Registration of Persons
Department at the luncheon meeting of the Y's Men Club.
Mr. Mitchell stressed that, with only another two
weeks to go before the registration cycle closes, he has
absolutely no doubt that the new register would contain
less names than the current one, unless there is a massive
response to register from all eligible parties.
For the current registration drive, it was estimated
that between 350,000 and 400,000 residents could register
as new electors under one or more of the 23 categories of
the Urban Council Franchise.
Publicity on this has been done by means of poster
displays and talks to various clubs and civic organisations.
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