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ATTEMPT TO PERSUADE AS MANY ELIGIBLE VOTERS AS POSSIBLE TO REGISTER AS ELECTORS. REGISTRATION FORMS WERE MADE READILY AVAILABLE AT VARIOUS CENTRES. SOME 145,600 PARTIALLY COMPLETED REGISTRATION FORMS WERE SENT OUT TO THOSE THOUGHT TO BE ELIGIBLE, ACCOMPANIED BY CONSIDERABLE PUBLICITY. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DUPLICATIONS, ARISING FROM THE SAME PERSON BEING ELIGIBLE ON DIFFERENT GROUNDS AND THUS RECEIVING MORE THAN > ONE FORM, ANLY SOME 10,600 FORMS WERE SIGNED AND RETURNED. OF THOSE WHO RETURNED FORMS, 9,000 ARE LIKELY TO BE ACCEPTED ON THE ELECTORAL ROLL: MAKING A TOTAL OF ABOUT 35,000 PERSONS ONLY WHO HAVE BEEN INTERESTED ENOUGH TO GET THEMSELVES REGISTERED.

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