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  • 20 May 2024
    Case Update High Court refuses permission to challenge Voter ID rules

    Fresh evidence from the government raised difficulties for our claim, so we’ll be asking the court to re-examine its decision on costs.

    High Court refuses permission to challenge Voter ID rules
  • 15 April 2024
    Case Update Gove digs in his heels on democratic rights

    The Electoral Commission says that some groups are finding it harder to vote, but the Tories are still refusing to change the rules on ID.

    Gove digs in his heels on democratic rights
  • 13 February 2024
    Case Update Voter ID: We’re challenging the Government’s arbitrary new rules

    The Government’s new rules are blocking a registered voter from exercising her democratic rights. We’re challenging these biased regulations before it’s too late.

    Voter ID: We’re challenging the Government’s arbitrary new rules
  • 13 September 2023
    News Government 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’.

    Government brushes aside another damning report on voter ID
  • 11 September 2023
    News 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

    MPs find discrimination at polling stations and declare voter ID risks ‘injustice’
  • 20 July 2023
    News NEW: 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.

    NEW: Scale of election greeters enforcing voter ID at last May’s elections revealed
  • 23 June 2023
    Case Update Voter ID rules denied at least 14,000 people the chance to vote

    Data released today shows the wide-scale impact of the Government’s new laws, which risk denying a voice to marginalised groups of people in the UK.

    Voter ID rules denied at least 14,000 people the chance to vote
  • 21 November 2022
    News Generational 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.

    Generational Gerrymandering? New voter ID requirements will disenfranchise young people