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

• HumanPenguin@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because depriving requires a qualification, voting dose not,

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  • soviettaters@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Voting requires you to be legally allowed to vote. This just makes it easier to verify who can and cannot vote.

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    • HumanPenguin@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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

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    • HumanPenguin@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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

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