thehatfox@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.uk · 1 year agoVoter ID in England led to racial and disability discrimination, report findswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1243cross-posted to: uk_politics@feddit.uk
arrow-up1243external-linkVoter ID in England led to racial and disability discrimination, report findswww.theguardian.comthehatfox@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.uk · 1 year agomessage-square77fedilinkcross-posted to: uk_politics@feddit.uk
minus-squaredarq@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoBecause you don’t need a passport? It’s not something everyone needs or has.
minus-squaredarq@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoOkay. So make passports free to apply for and renew, and make the application process possible from every Post Office, including on Saturdays. And maybe then that will be a fair way to require voter ID.
minus-squarejames1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWhy would you need a passport if you aren’t leaving the country? It’s a piece of paper you buy every ten years if you want to travel across national borders, it’s not like some intrinsic part of your being. At the point that the new voter ID legislation was introduced, about 8% of the electorate - ~3.5m people - did not have a passport or a driving licence.
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Read the article you walnut.
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Because you don’t need a passport? It’s not something everyone needs or has.
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Why?
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Okay. So make passports free to apply for and renew, and make the application process possible from every Post Office, including on Saturdays. And maybe then that will be a fair way to require voter ID.
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Why would you need a passport if you aren’t leaving the country?
It’s a piece of paper you buy every ten years if you want to travel across national borders, it’s not like some intrinsic part of your being.
At the point that the new voter ID legislation was introduced, about 8% of the electorate - ~3.5m people - did not have a passport or a driving licence.
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