▲ 230 ▼ Voter ID in England led to racial and disability discrimination, report finds (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by thehatfox@lemmy.world to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk 97 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk -1 points 2 years ago (3 children) Photo ID is free permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's unnecessary permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago Yeah, I think voter ID is alright, but when you historically doesn't have it and don't really need it, it just seems to be a barrier for barrier's sake. permalink fedilink source parent [–] WellThisIsNew@fjdk.uk 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) It costs time and effort, something that disabled people often have less of. Voter fraud is extremely low in the UK, and most of what does occur isn't stopped by these changes (the most common type is, for example, parents submitting a postal vote on behalf of their (18+) children without asking them), So here's a question for you: If the number of people disuaded from voting due to the new ID laws significantly outnumber* the amount of fraud that's prevented by this law, was the law a positive change? *To the point that it has a larger effect on election outcome permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 2 years ago We've had voter I.D. here in Northern Ireland for ages and I haven't heard any complaints permalink fedilink source parent [–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago Tories lost a lot of votes because old people forgot to bring ID and then didn’t bother going back again. So regardless of whether its free, it still disenfranchises people https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65602231 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's unnecessary permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago Yeah, I think voter ID is alright, but when you historically doesn't have it and don't really need it, it just seems to be a barrier for barrier's sake. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago Yeah, I think voter ID is alright, but when you historically doesn't have it and don't really need it, it just seems to be a barrier for barrier's sake. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WellThisIsNew@fjdk.uk 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) It costs time and effort, something that disabled people often have less of. Voter fraud is extremely low in the UK, and most of what does occur isn't stopped by these changes (the most common type is, for example, parents submitting a postal vote on behalf of their (18+) children without asking them), So here's a question for you: If the number of people disuaded from voting due to the new ID laws significantly outnumber* the amount of fraud that's prevented by this law, was the law a positive change? *To the point that it has a larger effect on election outcome permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 2 years ago We've had voter I.D. here in Northern Ireland for ages and I haven't heard any complaints permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 2 years ago We've had voter I.D. here in Northern Ireland for ages and I haven't heard any complaints permalink fedilink source parent
[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago Tories lost a lot of votes because old people forgot to bring ID and then didn’t bother going back again. So regardless of whether its free, it still disenfranchises people https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65602231 permalink fedilink source parent