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9 Reasons You Should Register To Vote By Monday's Deadline

If nothing else, it's a good opportunity to upset Russell Brand.

1. If you don't register, you won't be allowed to vote, so you'll look a bit like this outside the polling station on 7 May.

2. With the SNP, the Greens, and UKIP polling higher than in any past election, it's one of the strangest, closest, and most interesting elections ever.

Every morning this man appears on BBC News to update us on how the polls have changed. Every day they're flat.

3. Even if you don't support a party, you can vote tactically to stop someone you hate from being elected or re-elected.

4. Registering to vote will annoy Russell Brand even more than this graph did.

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5. And if you really don't want to vote for anyone, you can spoil your ballot and stand a chance of becoming a viral sensation on election night.

My grandad fought the Germans to allow me the right to draw a cock on my ballot paper.

6. You could even write "wank, wank, good guy, wank" on your ballot paper and it might be declared valid – like this one was.

In Eilean Siar, someone went through their ballot paper writing 'wank, wank, good guy, wank'. It was declared valid.

7. But voting is the only way you'll be able to feel smug about the government not being your fault for the next five years.

8. Even if you don't care about who the prime minister is, you can vote for a candidate fighting on very local issues which might actually effect you.

Here are the full results from our #GE2015 survey on local issues: http://t.co/PiE13qCGs1 #rdguk

9. And, most excitingly, you'll be able to press this button on Facebook on 7 May and watch the likes roll in.

If you want to register to vote, you can do it here before midnight on Monday 20 April.