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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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