Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: Voter suppression update: Now looks like 400,000 people may have been turned away ...
Voter suppression update:
Now looks like 400,000 people may have been turned away from voting due to ID issues....
If Labour will not rid us of this law, then an amendment expanding considerably the range of acceptable documents/items that are valid is required.
Its anti-democratic & was driven by false 'concerns' about electoral fraud of which there is a vanishingly small incidence in the UK.
#elections #voterID
#politics
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/08/voter-id-rule-may-have-stopped-400000-taking-part-in-uk-election-poll-suggests
Now looks like 400,000 people may have been turned away from voting due to ID issues....
If Labour will not rid us of this law, then an amendment expanding considerably the range of acceptable documents/items that are valid is required.
Its anti-democratic & was driven by false 'concerns' about electoral fraud of which there is a vanishingly small incidence in the UK.
#elections #voterID
#politics
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/08/voter-id-rule-may-have-stopped-400000-taking-part-in-uk-election-poll-suggests