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13 September 2023Government brushes aside another damning report on voter IDGovernment brushes aside another damning report on voter ID
The Electoral Commission says that voter ID rules will impact people with lower incomes, with disabilities and from minority ethnic backgrounds. But the Government says its reforms are ‘very encouraging’.
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11 September 2023MPs find discrimination at polling stations and declare voter ID risks ‘injustice’MPs find discrimination at polling stations and declare voter ID risks ‘injustice’
Cross-party group says election officials took action that was ‘clearly discriminatory’, and calls for more forms of ID to be accepted
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20 July 2023NEW: Scale of election greeters enforcing voter ID at last May’s elections revealedNEW: Scale of election greeters enforcing voter ID at last May’s elections revealed
An investigation by Good Law Project can reveal for the first time the number of greeters deployed at last May’s local elections to help enforce the government’s voter ID rules – and the possible under-reporting of those turned away because they lacked the correct ID.
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21 November 2022Generational Gerrymandering? New voter ID requirements will disenfranchise young peopleGenerational Gerrymandering? New voter ID requirements will disenfranchise young people
Good Law Project is concerned about how the Elections Act 2022 could specifically disenfranchise young people. The vast majority of voter IDs approved by the Government are available to older people, whilst very few are targeted at people under 60.