SJ says Bo Lux
Regarding voter ID. If you don't have a driver's licence, passport, railcard etc. your local council is obliged to provide a registered voter with some form of ID. #VoterIDs #IDCards
Dec 13, 2022 at 3:14pmWeb
Show threadSnarkyScotDec 13, 2022

@Want_back_in @JackTheCat Just being cynical, having just watched a right wing Scottish council block a move to free soup lunches being given to school pupils …

Will Tory councils not make it very hard (nigh on impossible) for folk to get ID? Easy done by limiting venues, hours, process and timescales …

Show threadSJ says Bo LuxDec 13, 2022
@Anderson @JackTheCat local councils will have to provide. Of course the difficulty will lie in people needing to apply in time and the processes being in place. I intend to make it my life’s work to ensure everyone who lives near me and who wants to vote, can do so.
Show threadSnarkyScotDec 13, 2022

@Want_back_in @JackTheCat It's the "will have to" which is the catch for me.

Imagine you can only apply to a team based in only four locations - all in local libraries only staffed three or four days from 10am-3pm. That postal and email contact isn't accepted. Legally compliant with the new Tory law, but wholly designed to limit people registering.

Will the BBC or other msm report it? Don't make me laugh.

Show threadSJ says Bo LuxDec 13, 2022
@Anderson @JackTheCat yup. We will all have to be vigilant and help our neighbour if we value our democratic rights.
Show threadSJ says Bo LuxDec 13, 2022
@Anderson @JackTheCat the House of Lords are saying they won’t pass the legislation without the proper infrastructure being in place. Hopefully there are checks and balances in place. And we need to make a fecking fuss.
Show threadSnarkyScotDec 13, 2022

@Want_back_in @JackTheCat So one of two things can happen.

1 The government brings it back to the Commons and passes it anyway, forcing it through

2 The government forces it through by buying off the few peers with a voice (they've already flooded the Lords with their pals).

This lot don't respect democracy, only power.

Show threadSJ says Bo LuxDec 13, 2022
@Anderson @JackTheCat except that they don’t have enough support for it in the HoC.