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The UK also has strong opinions about ID.
by aredox 2y ago
The UK also has strong opinions about ID.
- tpm 2y agoI know, having lived there in the past, but they are not in the EU anymore.
- chgs 2y agoMy wife was denied the opportunity to vote last year in the local elections due to not having ID in her when we popped in on a whim. The voting booth refused to even register this, yet the apologists claim only 1 in 400 were denied.
- gambiting 2y agoI mean....how do you know it's more than 1 in 400? You have one example - your wife. Any reason to believe it was common?
- aredox 2y agohttps://theconversation.com/almost-2-million-people-in-the-uk-didnt-have-the-right-id-to-vote-in-2024-246270 https://theconversation.com/almost-2-million-people-in-the-u...
- gambiting 2y agoThe article you posted confirms the 1 in 400 number: "We found that around 0.5% of all voters reported being turned away at polling stations as a result of lacking ID in the local elections of 2023. We also found that four times as many people (around 2%) reported not voting because they knew they didn’t have the right ID." 2.5% is 1 in 400
- lynx97 2y agoSeems like a sensible decision, since you apparently couldn't be bothered to prepare properly. I totally have no sympathy for this story.
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoThat sounds fair. No ID means no way to check if she had already voted or even has the right to vote.