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> You show up, tell them your address and name, they look up up in the book and give you the ballot. When they talk about ID they don't mean a document you car
by DanBC 7y ago
> You show up, tell them your address and name, they look up up in the book and give you the ballot.
When they talk about ID they don't mean a document you carry around with you.
They mean the processes that allow someone in England to register to vote, and then walk into a polling booth and give their name and address and get a ballot paper in return.
Using your example: you can't vote twice. You walking into your local station, and use your vote. If you return later in the day your identity is known to have already voted. If you walk to a different polling station your identity is not known there (even if you take your passport), so you can't vote there.
- JetSetWilly 7y agoThat is a good point, I hadn't thought about it like that. However the requirements to register to vote in the UK are pretty lax as well - to go on the electoral roll you tell the government your name and address, and you pinky promise that you're telling the truth. They then mail you polling cards for any election, which you don't need to use. You don't need to give them any national insurance numbers or other ID to do this. It literally amounts to "I'm Joe Bloggs and I live at 20 Smith Street". That seems like the bare minimum required to have a voting system to me.
- outworlder 7y ago> "I'm Joe Bloggs and I live at 20 Smith Street". Also known as, an ID.