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Boris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting to bring photo ID
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 02 May 2024
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I hear people are being turned away. But whenever I vote, I stroll down the road to a basically empty room, in and out in a couple of minutes. All in all, 20 minutes max. If I forgot ID it would be very little effort to just go get it.
Am I just incredibly lucky to live that close?
I live in a place where ID isn't required. In fact, I can register there without ID. It's really nice, and voter fraud is quite minimal despite this
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Los Angeles California
Needing ID is a brand new idea for british conservative party. Its been in place since last local elections (a year ago?), and yeah it is a stupid idea that solely disenfranchises people
Agreed, and probably the main aim of the change. It forces people to have a photo ID when they wouldn't necessarily otherwise.
I don't know if this is the case in other countries, but in the UK if you don't drive and don't require a passport then you wouldn't naturally have a photo ID. Forcing people to choose between "volunteering" all their personal data and being allowed to vote is not an action of a benevolent democratic government.