Hannah Moffatt
Jane Johnson (books)From 4 May, you’ll need photo ID to vote at polling stations in England and Wales. If you know anyone who may not have photo ID (driving licence, passport) tell them they can get a free ID card - here with the code code FREEVOTERID.
Please boost to stop the Tories damaging our democracy and disenfranchising the young and marginalised!
https://www.citizencard.com/?fbclid=IwAR1pxIpOlfOAbzyLmL_Fr2nZ3ElSPsGNnvghq667EC0ATM7DzaA-4GVOkKA
Abuela 🪁@JaneJohnsonBakr Is postal voting still an option?
@maryeffrancis Yes, it is.
Tim J@JaneJohnsonBakr @maryeffrancis Just adding that a postal vote can be handed in at the polling station on the day (I did that regularly with my mother's). So it doesn't necessarily need either posting, or filling in before election day.
@timtfj @JaneJohnsonBakr Oresumably without showing ID?
@maryeffrancis @JaneJohnsonBakr Yes, you're basically just delivering a letter by hand instead of through the post. There's an inner envelope with the ballot paper in, and a separate declaration confirming the voter's ID, all in the return envelope. You just treat it as if you were posting it, then take it to the polling station instead of to a pillarbox.
Simon Zerafa (Status: 
😊)Please be aware that ordering a PASS ID card is NOT free without the offer code.
A free option for voting is a Local Authority "Voter Authority Certificate" or any current valid Photo ID which is accepted for voting,
Alternatively register for a Postal Vote which is a better option for many and means you don't even have to visit the polling station! 😀
#UKpolitics #Election #Voting #PostalVotes #IdentityValidation
@simonzerafa It is if you enter the code. But yes, if you can get your local authority link to work (ours didn't until we phoned them) that's also good.
Wendy MsGator 🐊That's disenfranchisement in action. Boosting.
A tardy old woman@JaneJohnsonBakr or people could just get the free voter ID from gov.uk https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate
Andy Leslie 💙@JaneJohnsonBakr Or use a Postal Vote. We have for years.
Debra Storr@JaneJohnsonBakr the problem with this route is that in order to get the ‘free ID’ you already have to have one of the forms of ID you can already use at the polling station.
Councils SHOULD be providing a free service.
Ann 🧡 (she/her)@JaneJohnsonBakr Adding to the chorus that this is a worse option than:
1. applying for a postal vote
2. getting a FREE voter authority certificate via https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate
I would not give the level of personal identification information required to Citizen Card, who are a private company and therefore responsible for their own cyber security.
@agvbergin The gov.uk link wasn't working at all last week.
JohnPettigrew@JaneJohnsonBakr CitizenCard will do the job (it's a PASS card), but the official UK Govt free photo ID for this purpose is the Voter Authority Certificate, and you can get one here: https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate (The website is finally live!)
dandylion@johnpettigrew @JaneJohnsonBakr whatever is required should have been set up to be sent out with the polling cards. Any other method is a barrier to voting.
@magpiemiaow @JaneJohnsonBakr That has to be the point, though. There is no significant problem with in-person voter impersonation in the UK, so it can only be the known effect of voter ID suppressing the vote along young and disadvantaged people.
LadyT@JaneJohnsonBakr I don't have a passport or driving licence
@LadyT That's why I posted this.