The new #PhotoID rules stopped 14,000 people #voting in the local elections in May 2023, and many more will have decided not to go to the polling station as they knew they didn't have acceptable photo ID.
It's an absolute scandal, undermining the democratic right to vote.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65988959

@TimWardCam No, I know you haven't. I am, at elections, a polling clerk. The point is, the evidence is that this 0.2% of people who were turned away for not having 'valid' #PhotoID and who did not subsequently return, were able to satisfactorily identify themselves to the polling clerk, in the majority of cases by presenting their polling card.

A sunny trip yesterday with Skipper Gus onboard the Mischief RIB https://www.dolphinspirit.co.uk Had some familiar #Dolphin fins including Scoopy, Flake, Foo, Porridge, Bonnie & Co with a bit of yacht bow-riding. Great to see Barbara and Rob out on #PhotoID survey from Aberdeen University Lighthouse Field Station at #cromartylighthouse

Worth having a look at the implications for the other two main players - the #Conservatives and the #LibDems. The #Conservatives appear to have relied on three things - public perception that their competence in government had improved from its previous nadir, #VoterSuppression through #PhotoID requirements and launching culture wars. The first two seem to have been successful to some extent while the last seems to have fallen flat entirely.

If you found people who were unable to vote in the #localelections because they didn't hold acceptabel #photoID please report your experience here directly to the govt department repsonsible.
https://www.bestforbritain.org/voter_id_shambles_tell_the_government_what_you_think

The most likely culprit seems to have been #VoterSuppression through the introduction of #photoID requirements. The survey by #Survation shortly before polling day found that #Labour voters and people with lower incomes were significantly less likely to possess the relevant #id than voters as a whole. |On the basis I suggested that the could be an effect sufficient to reduce the #labour lead over the #Conservatives by 3%. On one measure this appears to have hapened.

Matt on #Coronation  #PhotoID – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

100-year-old #Ohio woman couldn't cast #ballot under new #photoID requirement
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/05/04/ohios-photo-id-law-prevented-100-year-old-from-voting-regular-ballot/70183125007/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=8ec34315-5532-487e-9139-e16c1d355183

while this large scale #voteDenial can seem temporary, until people will "get used" to new requirements, I'd call for people who might vote for election losers anyway, to intentionally attend to the need of removing the #photoID rule.

Ended up in tears after coming out of the polling station. It’s really stupid but #PhotoID at the polls made me feel dirty & bad & like I was doing something wrong for exercising civic rights.

So many things I’ll never forgive tories for, but this really ranks up there. #VoterID

Vote with ID wise
Be flexible, no one denied
Casting their ballot

#voting #election #photoid #haiku #poetry

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/voters-id-election-polling-b2331700.html

Earlier today, I voted in a face-mask, as a protest against #PhotoID. It fell a bit flat when they let me.
My wife's just been down. They'd ticked that she'd already voted. She told them it was me and they believed her. Our electoral system is now officially wearing clown shoes but no face.

Voters leave in tears as Brits without ID turned away in local elections chaos

Voters said they'd seen elderly people turned away for not having the right ID with new rules requiring people to show a valid form of photo ID coming into force for the first time

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/voters-leave-tears-brits-without-29891962?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

#PhotoID #elections #ToryCorruption #fascism

Hey guess who just had to remove their mask and risk #covid exposure and significant worsening of existing #disability so that they could #vote under the #Tory government's new voter suppression #photoID rules.

While the intention behind introducing photo ID for elections is clearly meant to benefit the Tories it could well have unintended consequences

And to be clear. Voter suppression is always wrong. Everyone should have the right to vote

#Tories #Labour #GreenParty #PhotoID #UKPol

https://sotn.newstatesman.com/2023/02/voter-id-laws-hurt-tories-labour?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1683197824

Ended up in tears after coming out of the polling station. It’s really stupid but #PhotoID at the polls made me feel dirty and bad and like I was doing something wrong for exercising my civic rights.

So many things I’ll never forgive tories for, but this really ranks up there.

Just voted & discovered that you can make an official complaint about requirement for photo ID at the vote - election officers will take down your complaint, name & address & pass it to the elections teams... so please folks - have your say!

Please, if you do this, be kind to election staff- they're doing a thankless task & are likely to get a lot of trouble today. If you have to wait when it's busy, wait kindly.

The election folks are not those at fault!!

#PhotoID #Elections2023 #Election

RT @hannahgsimpkins
Today with Researchers for Fair Elections, we launch our SURVEY on using photo ID to vote🗳️

If you went to a polling station today please tell us about your experience...
http://forfairelections.co.uk

#PhotoID #VoterID #LocalElections2023 #LocalElection2023

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If you're in #England, make sure you take #PhotoID when you go to #vote.

I'm genuinely baffled why many British people have historically been resistant to ID cards, especially as an #EU national who has one. With the @Conservatives quietly bringing in #photoID for the next elections, can anyone help me understand the general problem with IDs in the UK? 23.04