Minister ‘sorry’ as veterans find ID cards not valid for English elections
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  • Jackthelad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    6 months ago

    The moral of the story: check the government website to see if your ID is accepted. These weren’t accepted last year, so why would they be accepted this year?

    I don’t agree with the photo ID policy, but it’s really not that difficult to do a basic Google search to find if you have what you need.

    • HumanPenguin@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      Agree. In principal.

      But wonder if not accepted last year if a valid point.

      Most folks do not have election every year. It is much more likely thos os the first time these folks have tried to vote.

      But yeah. Voter ID is just a failed way to fix a problem that never existed. By reducing the ability for certain membews of the population to express a vote.