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

• 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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