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Boris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting to bring photo ID (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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

Los Angeles California

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

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.