‘WE haven’t got great plans,” said Labour leader Keir Starmer this week, not about running the country in general – although, let’s be…
A YouGov poll in April found that 30% of 18–24-year-olds across the UK did not know they had to bring photo ID to voteleader Keir Starmer this week, not about running the country in general – although, let’s be honest, that too – but about scrapping the new voter ID requirements.
“ will suppress turnout, it will disproportionately impact ethnic minorities and it will weaken our democracy,” said one such warning.These words were spoken by none other than 2021 Keir Starmer, who exists in a different plane of the Labour multiverse to 2024 Keir Starmer and may or may not, at some point, be witnessed standing alongside him with 2019 Keir Starmer .
A YouGov poll this April found that 30% of 18–24-year-olds across the UK did not know they had to bring photo ID to vote. Considering that this age group is also the least likely to vote, these changes could serve to further alienate young people from a system that doesn’t appear interested in encouraging them to get involved. The next problem with voter ID emerges when people turn up to present it at the polling station.
Whether people are turned away at the polling station or choose not to turn up at all because of voter ID rules , this is a threat to democracy. So, the UK Government – past and present – intends to spend an average of £15 million per year and make it harder for people to vote in order to address a problem that doesn’t even exist? In the absence of any real evidence of need for this policy, you could be forgiven for thinking that suppressing turnout amongst particular groups is a feature, not a bug.
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