The Conservative Government are proposing to implement Voter ID laws, mirroring the GOP in its efforts to retain power in the face of changing demographics. As with the US, this will have the effect of disenfranchising the poorest in society.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50051178
The acceptable forms of ID are:
The government isn't planning to implement any kind of national ID system ( which has its own baggage in the UK) and of course, there's no evidence of any large scale voter fraud which would necessitate such measures.
Once again a right wing party proposing to implement measures at short notice to prevent poor people from voting :mad:
* - which would likely require you to present your original birth certificate - most people just have a copy
edited to add....
Got to prevent those ******* and pikeys from voting, and women can vote so long as their white husband approves (a brown person getting involved in their wife's choice is of course an attack on democracy) ;)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50051178
The acceptable forms of ID are:
- Passport
- Driving licence
- Some form of local ID* - for which there are no plans or funding
The government isn't planning to implement any kind of national ID system ( which has its own baggage in the UK) and of course, there's no evidence of any large scale voter fraud which would necessitate such measures.
Once again a right wing party proposing to implement measures at short notice to prevent poor people from voting :mad:
* - which would likely require you to present your original birth certificate - most people just have a copy
edited to add....
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The research suggested that women are considerably less likely than men, and black people considerably less likely than white people, to have a driving licence. Certain ethnic groups such as Gypsies and Irish Travellers are also much less likely than the average to have a passport, it found. |
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