Comment on Voter ID in England led to racial and disability discrimination, report finds
Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 9 months agoI 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.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 9 months ago
Photo ID is free
PunnyName@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It’s unnecessary
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.
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
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
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