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The deadline to register on the lists of electors to vote on December 12 is Tuesday, November 26 at midnight. A few days ago, about 9 million Britons were still not registered and the parties and many organizations beat the recall so that the latecomers can vote because in this decisive vote, each vote will count.
With our correspondent in London, Muriel Delcroix
The patient fieldwork of the militants and their determination to awaken the electoral appetite of their fellow citizens seems to pay slowly but surely. Nearly three million Britons have registered since last month with a record peak last Friday when more than 300,000 voters finally took the time to do so.
The day was declared "National Day of Registration" by the many organizations that crisscross the different constituencies of the country. Their volunteers, tablets or smartphones in hand, often offer passersby to help them register spontaneously in the street because it takes only five minutes.
Young people and ethnic minorities are missing
While the older generations, the over-65s, have long been registered, young people and ethnic minorities are missing. This difference could be crucial on election day as young voters are overwhelmingly opposed to Brexit and more likely to vote for Labor led by Jeremy Corbyn.
In Uxbridge, for example, where Boris Johnson has only a small majority, the Labor Party has been working for weeks to mobilize the student population of the big university in the riding to prevent the re-election of the Conservative leader.
Worried about the Conservatives' comfortable lead in the polls, Labor hopes that the skyrocketing youth voter registration since Friday will continue until Tuesday night and help recreate the "Corbynmania" that had largely contributed to Labor's good score in 2017.