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Voting Regulations #PhotoID

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#1

Are people aware that now, quote; “you will not be able to vote unless you show photographic identification to the polling station staff”? I’ve never been asked for such identification before. Do the PtBs realise that many who do not posses such a “dog-tag” I.D will simply not vote? There is no widely used I.D system beyond that of driving licences and passports. More marginalisation by the elitists who of-course posses driving licenses and passports as a matter of course, carrying a photo-I.D has never been compulsory in this country but, effectively, it is now!

"Accepted forms of photo ID

You can use any of the following accepted forms of photo ID when voting at a polling station.

International travel

  • Passport issued by the UK, any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, a British Overseas Territory, an EEA state or a Commonwealth country

Driving and Parking

  • Driving licence issued by the UK, any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, or an EEA state (this includes a provisional driving licence)
  • A Blue Badge

Local travel

  • Older Person’s Bus Pass funded by the Government of the United Kingdom
  • Disabled Person’s Bus Pass funded by the Government of the United Kingdom
  • Oyster 60+ Card funded by the Government of the United Kingdom
  • Freedom Pass
  • Scottish National Entitlement Card
  • 60 and Over Welsh Concessionary Travel Card
  • Disabled Person’s Welsh Concessionary Travel Card
  • Senior SmartPass issued in Northern Ireland
  • Registered Blind SmartPass or Blind Person’s SmartPass issued in Northern Ireland
  • War Disablement SmartPass issued in Northern Ireland
  • 60+ SmartPass issued in Northern Ireland
  • Half Fare SmartPass issued in Northern Ireland

Proof of age

  • Identity card bearing the Proof of Age Standards Scheme hologram (a PASS card)

Other government issued documents

You will only need to show one form of photo ID. It needs to be the original version and not a photocopy.

If you don’t have an accepted form of photo ID

You can apply for a free voter ID document, known as a Voter Authority Certificate, if:

  • you don’t have an accepted form of photo ID
  • you’re not sure whether your photo ID still looks like you
  • you’re worried about using an existing form of ID for any other reason, such as the use of a gender marker

You need to register to vote before applying for a Voter Authority Certificate.

Find out how to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate

Out of date photo ID

You can still use your photo ID if it’s out of date, as long as it looks like you.

The name on your ID should be the same name you used to register to vote.

Showing ID as an anonymous elector

If you’re registered to vote anonymously and want to vote in person, you’ll need to apply for an Anonymous Elector’s Document.

Find out more about registering to vote anonymously and how to vote anonymously.": https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/voter-id/accepted-forms-photo-id

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#2

This text is printed on the documents sent out to us by the local Electoral officer, so I had seen this before recently. I wasn’t previously aware of it. I do possess a passport and driver’s license but tend not to carry these about.

I have mixed feelings: this could reduce electoral fraud… but my suspicion is that a lot of this takes place after the ballot boxes close, or prior to them even opening (via postal votes). But your point about swathes of society being thereby excluded is indisputable G.

This measure will be sold as a way of making elections less open to dispute and will strengthen the ‘election-deniers’ trope used by evil people to denigrate their opponents and to consolidate their stolen power.

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