Draconian voter ID rules could save top Tories losing seats at general election
‘The introduction of unnecessary photo ID could be the difference between victory and defeat’
‘The introduction of unnecessary photo ID could be the difference between victory and defeat’
The LGIU said electoral staff are “unconvinced they can deliver a successful general election with voter ID” if Parliament calls one ahead of the deadline, as is widely expected.
“Polling clerks are more likely to fail to compare a photo ID to the person presenting that document if the person is of a different ethnicity”.
‘So public money can be spent suppressing the vote, but public money cannot be saved on the process for registering voters by doing it automatically’
‘It is an outrage that thousands of people were denied a voice at the local elections because of the Conservative Party’s Voter ID rules.’
‘The Tories have no shame’
‘So we made it hard for our own voters and we upset a system that worked perfectly well.’
“It seems to me there is a real possibility that the only fraud could be this Government.”
‘Parties that try and gerrymander end up finding their clever scheme comes back to bite them’
In 2019, 71% of all votes cast had no impact on the outcome of the election, either because they went to candidates who lost, or went into padding the majorities of winning MPs.