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I agree - some form of ID should be asked for - even if it is just a couple of bills proving their house address.
Word on the street is that Bozo is about to introduce the need for ID at polling stations, either a passport or Driving Licence.Trouble is about 25% of people do not have either!The number of offences of voter fraud last time was 2.Good idea, or not?
Quote from: Metalmicky on May 10, 2021, 03:25:48 pmI agree - some form of ID should be asked for - even if it is just a couple of bills proving their house address.So should they stop postal votes - where clearly you cannot provide any other form of ID then the form you are filling in?If so - how long in advance should an election be called to ensure people are at home on that day?
If they're going to introduce this, there should be a free of charge form of identification available to all of voting age.
Biometric IDs by the back door?
Completely unnecessary, at best solving a problem isn’t there. At worst the Tories wanting to edge things in their favour again.
I may be going barking mad here, but wasn't it the Labour party who were interested in introducing national ID cards for all UK citizens a few years back.....?Can't personally see the problem with voters (those attending polls wilts...) taking some form of Identification along. I personally carry some ID all the time.
Quote from: wilts rover on May 10, 2021, 03:40:10 pmQuote from: Metalmicky on May 10, 2021, 03:25:48 pmI agree - some form of ID should be asked for - even if it is just a couple of bills proving their house address.So should they stop postal votes - where clearly you cannot provide any other form of ID then the form you are filling in?If so - how long in advance should an election be called to ensure people are at home on that day?I always thought postal voting has been dodgy. There's been blatant vote rigging in some Asian areas, whether that's just husbands voting behalf of wives, or even more widespread stuff where people have been collecting ballot papers from the community.Demanding ID though is probably a strategy to boost Tory chances though.
Has anyone noticed the pattern of voter suppression now underway:pointless ID scheme, reform of judicial review, continuation of policing bill to silence protests. They all expand the power of the Conservative government and undermine that which might challenge it.https://twitter.com/IanDunt/status/1391692989911769095put that together with the misinformation, press briefings, cronyism and corruptionI keep saying you are watching the emergence of facsism in power in this country, put people don't believe me.
Quote from: River Don on May 10, 2021, 05:00:46 pmQuote from: wilts rover on May 10, 2021, 03:40:10 pmQuote from: Metalmicky on May 10, 2021, 03:25:48 pmI agree - some form of ID should be asked for - even if it is just a couple of bills proving their house address.So should they stop postal votes - where clearly you cannot provide any other form of ID then the form you are filling in?If so - how long in advance should an election be called to ensure people are at home on that day?I always thought postal voting has been dodgy. There's been blatant vote rigging in some Asian areas, whether that's just husbands voting behalf of wives, or even more widespread stuff where people have been collecting ballot papers from the community.Demanding ID though is probably a strategy to boost Tory chances though. Has there? You would have thought the electoral commission would have had a look into that if you know about it?I have used a postal vote twice because I was not at home on election day due to various circumstances. As I said before - how long in advance should an election be called to ensure you are able to vote - and not be abroad on holiday, on business, at a funeral etc? Or don't these people matter?