UK all-in on voter suppression : Queen announces photo ID requirement

[bullwinkle428]

Britons will have to show photo ID to vote in future general elections, ministers are poised to confirm this week, as a means of tackling fraud which critics claim could deter poorer and ethnic minority voters from taking part in democracy.

The proposal is to be included in Tuesday’s Queen’s speech, which will set out the government’s post-pandemic priorities and the laws it intends to pass in the forthcoming parliamentary session.

A requirement that all voters carry photo ID could impede people who wish to turn up at polling stations without planning ahead, given about a quarter of voters – often younger voters – do not have either a passport or driving licence, critics say.

The government has previously said people would be able to apply for a voting ID card from their local council, although this would have to be done before polling day. Early trials in some areas led to hundreds of voters being turned away.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/may/10/queens-speech-photo-id-future-elections-social-care

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. That could not be more wrong! n/t

[obamanut2012]

2. The Queen has zero to do with this -- they are just using her as the messenger

Which she is duty-bound to do.

[DURHAM D]

3. Thanks.

That was my first thought.

[bullwinkle428]

4. I'm just a humble messenger myself, relaying what The Guardian was reporting!