Even with the added attention the 2018 trials brought, on average 102 voters were turned away and didn't return in each pilot this year, compared to 70 last year.
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In Mid Sussex, where 78 people didn’t vote after being turned away for not having a poll card or photo ID with them, there were three instances in which a candidate won by less than 25 votes.
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Maybe that's because they were not the people named on the voting card! Showing ID is normal in other European countries to prevent fraudulent voting.
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Most European countries have free or very cheap mandatory national ID card schemes
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Anyone concerned with how the Government is planning to make it harder to vote (whilst ignoring the problem of the unregistered) should look at this Committee’s work https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/public-administration-and-constitutional-affairs-committee/news-parliament-2017/electoral-law-inquiry-launch-17-19/ … See 3 in remit and make representations
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Looking for people who couldn't vote in local elections because of the ID trials
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Its an absolute disgrace turning people away with out ID. There's been old age pensioners in tears over this. Its voter suppression. There's nothing wrong with present system.
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The point is that they don't want people to vote. They are not democrats.
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