October 13, 2019
Voters will be forced to show identification such passports or driving licenses at before casting their ballot, the government is set to announce. 
Voters Will Have To Produce ID Before Casting Their Ballot, Government To Announce
The Telegraph reported on Saturday that the announcement is set to form part of the upcoming Queen’s speech, which will take place on Monday. 
Ministers hope to pass a brand new “Electoral Integrity Bill”, which would make it a legal requirement for members of the public to produce photographic ID before voting in a bid to stamp out electoral fraud. 
Data held by the Electoral Commission revealed that there was no evidence large-scale electoral fraud relating to the 2018 local elections. 
Of the 266 cases that were investigated by police, just one led to conviction – which related to a Green Party candidate in Peterborough forging signatures on his nomination form – and two suspects who were given a caution. 
One suspect admitted to voting twice via postal vote, and the second suspect was a widow who had mistakenly sent back her deceased husband’s vote in the midst of grief. 
Critics of mandatory voter identification claim that the introduction of the measure could risk the disenfranchisement of thousands of voters, particularly the elderly or those living in deprived communities who are less likely to have ID.This is voter suppression. It will hit poorer and minority communities, just as it does in the US.https://t.co/UG22Wf6YVY— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) October 13, 2019This is voter suppression by another name - something that will disproportionately target marginalised people who are less likely to have a passport or driving licence. https://t.co/2thb5K8gq2— Frances Ryan (@DrFrancesRyan) October 13, 2019There is zero evidence that voter fraud at the ballot box is anything other than an infinitesimal problem. The only purpose of voter ID laws is to suppress turnout among groups you don’t want to vote. https://t.co/WG7leILyeW— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) October 13, 2019 A standard adult 34-page passport costs £75.50 if you apply online, and £85 using a paper application form. A provisional driving license costs £34 if you apply online and £43 by post, and a first full GB license for those with a European or other foreign licence also costs £43. Around one in six British adults don't have a passport. Around one in four don't have a driving license (and for some ethnic groups that number rises to nearly one in two). Requiring photographic ID at polling stations will have consequences. https://t.co/hDq6fvmpBY— Joe Twyman (@JoeTwyman) October 13, 2019Many people pointed to Northern Ireland, where the law requires voters to present one of seven potential forms of photographic ID, one of which could be an Electoral Identity Card. 
However, these cards can be obtained from Northern Ireland’s Electoral Office free of charge. It has not yet been made clear whether this would be replicated in the rest of the UK. Unless the government provides everyone in this country with a free ID card, this policy is unjustifiable. I know family members who would be affected. The Northern Ireland model of ID-less people requesting a free voter ID card needing a reference from an MP or cllr v unwieldy. https://t.co/ZbOEN5Deqy— Richard Johnson (@richardmarcj) October 13, 2019The issue of mandatory ID requirements for voters is one that has repeatedly come to the fore in US politics where it is often framed as a tool for disenfranchising BAME communities. 
US Academics Phoebe Henninger, Marc Meredith and Michael Morse studied data from Michigan in 2018 and found “non-white voters are between 2.5 and 6 times more likely than white voters to lack photo ID,” The Economist reported. 
However, according to some political scientists, there is not yet sufficient evidence to identify a negative effect on turnout amongst non-white voters, The Economist also reported. 
Further details about the proposals in the UK are likely to be unveiled during Monday’s State Opening of Parliament, an event which is largely set to revolve predominantly around Brexit.  Related... Sunday Shows Round-Up: Jeremy Corbyn Under Second Referendum Pressure Jess Phillips 'Might' Consider Labour Leadership Bid If Corbyn Quits Why I And My Fellow French Expats Haven't Applied For Settled Status
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