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While I do agree that the current government's policy was designed to suppress votes (Rees Mogg basically admitted it), the different treatment of Oyster cards
by daveoc64 3y ago
While I do agree that the current government's policy was designed to suppress votes (Rees Mogg basically admitted it), the different treatment of Oyster cards makes sense.
The over 60 card requires that your eligibility is verified before it's issued. This includes checking your name, address, and age.
The cards for younger people have no such verification process.
https://fullfact.org/online/oyster-card-voter-id/ https://fullfact.org/online/oyster-card-voter-id/
- traceroute66 3y ago> This includes checking your name, address, and age. But effectively they could still do that at the point of use if they wanted to! Recall, before ID was mandated, you would turn up and state your name and address which would be checked against the electoral roll by the officer. Therefore ... If someone 18–59 turns up with a photo Oyster card, you could, if you wanted to: 1. Check their face against the photo on the card 2. Check their name and date of birth on the card against the name and date of birth on the electoral roll.