▲ 40 ▼ UK election watchdog issues damning verdict on voter ID impact (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/news@lemmy.world 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments Electoral Commission says policy could exclude hundreds of thousands of voters in a general election
[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago exactly what it was designed to do permalink fedilink source
[–] Clav64@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago Pretty damning, when it's the government's own electoral commission making these admissions. permalink fedilink source
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) We have had the exact same issue in the U.S. and there is the same problem and the people in favor of it always say, "it's easy to get an ID." No it isn't if you don't have any other forms of identification. Like if you're homeless. But they don't count. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Balios@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago The US is also a prime example why simply getting rid of an ID does not actually solve any of these issues for the mentioned groups. If anything you can see more problems with voter registration and information that partially would be solved by a unified ID issued to each legal citizen. Or in other words: People will always find a way to exclude groups on purpose and they will always be lazy to implement new measures to include a smaller pool of people, especially if they feel including those people might not even benefit them. And ID is a good first step but it's of course also not enough to reach everyone who legally can vote. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Balios@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago The US is also a prime example why simply getting rid of an ID does not actually solve any of these issues for the mentioned groups. If anything you can see more problems with voter registration and information that partially would be solved by a unified ID issued to each legal citizen. Or in other words: People will always find a way to exclude groups on purpose and they will always be lazy to implement new measures to include a smaller pool of people, especially if they feel including those people might not even benefit them. And ID is a good first step but it's of course also not enough to reach everyone who legally can vote. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gazumi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago The poorest communities and minorities voting accesz tactically reduced by informed Ministers. permalink fedilink source
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