Comment on Voter ID in England led to racial and disability discrimination, report finds
wewbull@feddit.uk 1 year ago
… and will call for changes, including the acceptance of a greater range of ID documents.
They’re just a bunch of fucking dullards aren’t they?!?! REPEAL IT!
soviettaters@lemm.ee 1 year ago
The UK has driver’s license so why not voter ID?
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Because depriving requires a qualification, voting dose not,
soviettaters@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Voting requires you to be legally allowed to vote. This just makes it easier to verify who can and cannot vote.
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Yet all the evidence indicates 2 things.
One it is not needed. As voter fraud is so low as to be insignificant.
Two it actually limits peoples ability to vote.
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Where I live we get medical services cards with photos on them, free and no qualification needed, everyone eligible to vote should have or be able to get one
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 1 year ago
We don’t. The new law requires local auth to issue photo ID. But dose not provide a standard way for people to confirm they are the person photographed.
In genral its a mess. And leave the people least able to spare 9-5 time to run back and forth to council offices etc screwed.
IE the poor who work long hours. Or disabled