Comment on Voter ID in England led to racial and disability discrimination, report finds

omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Oneeightnine@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I mean, for a start it’s a solution without a problem. We don’t really have an issue with voter fraud in the UK. All this has done is disenfranchise people who could previously vote without needing an often costly ID.

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  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Photo ID is free

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    • PunnyName@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s unnecessary

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      • Chariotwheel@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah, I think voter ID is alright, but when you historically doesn't have it and don't really need it, it just seems to be a barrier for barrier's sake.

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    • WellThisIsNew@fjdk.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It costs time and effort, something that disabled people often have less of.

      Voter fraud is extremely low in the UK, and most of what does occur isn’t stopped by these changes (the most common type is, for example, parents submitting a postal vote on behalf of their (18+) children without asking them), So here’s a question for you:

      If the number of people disuaded from voting due to the new ID laws significantly outnumber* the amount of fraud that’s prevented by this law, was the law a positive change?

      *To the point that it has a larger effect on election outcome

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      • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        We’ve had voter I.D. here in Northern Ireland for ages and I haven’t heard any complaints

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    • breadsmasher@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Tories lost a lot of votes because old people forgot to bring ID and then didn’t bother going back again. So regardless of whether its free, it still disenfranchises people

      www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65602231

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• merridew@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You give your name & address at your local polling place, and it is checked off by a polling officer against the Electoral Roll. So yes, you could pretend to be someone else, but they would need to have not already voted. And you could only do it once per polling station, because you’ll be recognised by the polling officers. And for what?

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• PunnyName@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Name + DOB + address

  All you need them to give you for verification.

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• AmberPrince@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I can only speak for the US, and even then, only for my state of Illinois, but I had to provide my ID and proof of residency when I registered to vote. After that just my name, address, and signature were needed during the actual election.

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  • snooggums@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In Kansas and it was like that when I started voting, then they introduced the ID requirement at some later point. Voter fraud was never an issue, but it did penalize minorities just like gerrymandering so it did what it set out to do.

    Republicans couldn't be happy with a majority, they want absolute control.

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