Voter Identity At Future Elections.

Well whether you like it or not in May 2023 you will need photo ID to vote, so either get some form of photo ID if voting is important to you or don't vote.

nanna8

You are so wrong Volver. I have lived here for 50 years and I know. You obviously weren’t here very long.

If they didn’t force people to vote, no one would

Tripe.

Katie59

Apply for citizen card here it will cost you £15 - every 3 yrs!.
www.citizencard.com/apply-for-a-uk-id-card-online

Personally I think it should be free and mandatory

Either way I don’t see it introduced anytime soon, doesn’t affect me I have a passport.

Even £15 would be too much for some people. It wouldn't be a priority, food or heating or paying the rent would, so they wouldn't get a vote. These are also the people least likely to have a passport or a driving licence. You are then denying a particular sector of society a vote. Basically, it is an attack on the poorest.

The need for voter ID would be disenfranchising a larger percentage of people than the tiny percentage of voter fraud warrants.

is that citizen card an official website; if so why does it not end in .gov.uk ?
or is it a commercial outfit and not universally recognised ?

When we had the chauffeuring company misuse of ID for private hire licences often came up at council meetings. One man boasted that he had taken at least 20 written tests for other people.

The council licensing department grew from two staff to six and the cost of licensing became prohibitive, but still nothing was done to stop the con.

I agree with Volver actually. To make a wild an inaccurate statement such as If they didn't force people to vote, no-one would is absolute rubbish. Nobody has forced me to vote, ever, and I have always done so.