Good Law Project plans to bring forward a legal challenge ahead of the next General Election to ensure new rules of mandatory photo ID don’t disenfranchise people and deprive them of their democratic rights. Please support this case if you can.
Gentle reminder that voter ID requirements are being imposed solely for the purpose of making it harder for folks to vote, because the demographics of those less likely to have ID or more likely to leave registration to the last minute match those to who voting Conservative is unconscionable.
'Personation' voter fraud is virtually non-existent. In 2022 there were 7 allegations, with no charges made. In previous elections, the numbers are similarly small — I'm going from memory but I think there were only 3 cases charged in 2019.
It's not a solution without a problem; it's a solution for a different problem to the one espoused: how to stop the young, the poor, and the precarious from voting against the Tories.