Voter ID makes its unwelcome Scottish debut in Rutherglen and Hamilton West If you live in Rutherglen and Hamilton West and are registered to vote, tomorrow is the day you can go vote in the long-awaited by-election. That is if you have, and remember to take, photo... Posted 04 Oct 2023
Voter ID rules criticised by MPs, election watchdog and election administrators This week three separate independent reports have exposed the extent of the unnecessary damage voter ID has wrought to our democracy. Voter ID was rushed through for the local elections in May which meant voters... Posted 15 Sep 2023
Now we know at least 14,000 were blocked from voting, voter ID should be scrapped On the 23rd June, the Electoral Commission published their provisional report on the rollout of voter ID. One figure stands out from their research: 14,000 eligible voters were denied their democratic right to cast their... Posted 11 Jul 2023
People were turned away from polling stations last week and they’ve told us why One of the big stories of May’s English local elections is not the results of the vote, but about the process of voting itself. For the first time, voters in England who headed to the... Posted 17 May 2023
Voter ID is a ‘gerrymandering scheme’ suggests Jacob Rees-Mogg We still don’t have the full picture of how many people were stripped of their right to vote in May’s local elections in England. We’ve long warned that this unnecessary policy would be a messy... Posted 16 May 2023
Voters across England will be turned away from polling stations today for lacking ID May 4th 2023 was a historic local election for all the wrong reasons. For the first time, voters in England were turned away from polling stations as they lacked the right forms of ID. The... Posted 04 May 2023
Nearly 119,000 signatures handed to No 10 calling for voter ID u-turn Campaign groups handed in nearly 119,000 petition signatures to 10 Downing Street this week, calling for the government to think again, and scrap its dangerous plans for voter ID. The petition delivery took place as... Posted 21 Apr 2023
With just weeks to go awareness of voter ID remains worryingly low With less than six weeks to May’s local elections, the problems with the government’s rollout of their disastrous rollout of voter ID are clearer than ever. As we race towards polling day concerns about the... Posted 28 Mar 2023
Why will the government’s voter ID scheme cost us up to £180,000,000 a decade? Making it harder for people to vote is an expensive business. The government’s impact assessment of the Elections Act suggested the new scheme demanding certain forms of ID at polling stations could cost up to... Posted 22 Feb 2023
Will I need photo ID to get a postal vote? Slowly, the country is waking up to the fact that the government have changed the rules for who can vote. Voters on the 4th of May who want to take part in local elections across... Posted 10 Feb 2023