voter ID

The core of Britain’s election rules date back to Victorian times, leading to a plethora of loopholes in a social media age, campaigners say.

A coalition of charities, civil society figures and campaign groups have warned that the government’s mandatory voter ID plans raises concern that excluding those without ID will ‘pull up the drawbridge’ for millions of people.

Government plans to impose voter ID is an “expensive distraction” from the serious threats facing our democracy, according to a new report. 

The public say the ‘need’ for voter ID – as trialled by the government in five areas during May – should be the least of Britain’s concerns when it comes to democracy, according to polling by BMG Research.