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
Government plans heading for trouble as just 10,000 people apply for government-issued voter ID Evidence is building that the Government’s flagship voter ID policy is heading for failure and election day chaos in May as millions still lack the necessary ID to vote on election day. Last month polling... Posted 01 Feb 2023
All the ways the government decided not to make their voter ID rules fairer This May, millions of people will be asked to bring photo ID to the polling station for the first time. We’ve raised concerns that the list of ID options published by the government gives few... Posted 23 Jan 2023
£5.6 million to promote voter ID website that wasn’t live yet We told the government that voter ID was a costly distraction. First, it was £55m for new A4 polling cards and envelopes. Then cash-strapped councils were forced to spend £1.3m on thousands of mirrors and... Posted 10 Jan 2023
The top 5 most-read ERS articles from 2022 Every year we have a look through the stats to see which of our articles were the most popular with readers in the year coming to a close. So if you missed them the first... Posted 15 Dec 2022
Voter ID that you can use in UK elections – and how to get it All voters now need to bring a form of photographic identification to vote. The government has now confirmed in secondary legislation which photo IDs will be accepted, in a list which leaves few options for... Posted 22 Nov 2022
Voter ID list gives few options for younger voters Long-awaited details of the government’s voter ID scheme have now finally been released including details of which IDs will be accepted at the polling station. With no alternatives for voters who turn up on the... Posted 11 Nov 2022
We’re calling for an inquiry into failing voter ID implementation Long before the Elections Act was passed last year, we warned about the issues that implementing photographic voter ID requirements would cause. From ensuring access to the free form of ID was easy for the... Posted 04 Nov 2022
Cash-strapped councils to spend £1.3 million on 40,000 mirrors as part of voter ID scheme A parliamentary question has revealed yet more details of the government’s expensive scheme to demand ID at polling stations. Luke Pollard MP asked the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities how many mirrors would... Posted 01 Nov 2022