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To remind you that no photo ID = no right to vote.

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SusiePevensie · 11/02/2023 14:32

Get ID here: www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate

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verdantverdure · 30/04/2023 17:10

DownNative · 30/04/2023 13:22

Not really a particularly good point. Want to carry as little as possible?

Get an RFID card holder and pop your driving licence, Citizen Card or other PASS credit card sized ID in along with your bank card.

Job done!

Simple and neat.

Passport though...?

2bazookas · 30/04/2023 17:11

No, it doesn't mean you have no right to vote. You still have the right to vote by post, free.

verdantverdure · 30/04/2023 17:17

2bazookas · 30/04/2023 17:11

No, it doesn't mean you have no right to vote. You still have the right to vote by post, free.

Too late for that now.

verdantverdure · 30/04/2023 17:18

Bubblebubblebah · 30/04/2023 13:25

Pretty sure 99% would forget their id so easily if they were to travel on holidays...

I don't forget it.

I just don't need it.

The UK didn't used to be a "Papers Please!" kind of society.

verdantverdure · 03/05/2023 14:09

Private Eye summary:

To remind you that no photo ID = no right to vote.
flutterbyebaby · 03/05/2023 14:41

Get a postal vote, I wasn't asked for ID, votes already been sent

DownNative · 03/05/2023 15:33

Anyone who hasn't applied for free Voter Authority Certificates by the end of deadline to vote in local council elections this year has chosen to disenfranchise themselves.

Local Elections commonly have low turnouts, so this wouldn't be a major issue.

The number of those requiring VACs will increase ahead of the next GE.

verdantverdure · 03/05/2023 19:11

2.6 million people could be disenfranchised under the new law.

To remind you that no photo ID = no right to vote.
To remind you that no photo ID = no right to vote.
verdantverdure · 03/05/2023 19:14

DownNative · 03/05/2023 15:33

Anyone who hasn't applied for free Voter Authority Certificates by the end of deadline to vote in local council elections this year has chosen to disenfranchise themselves.

Local Elections commonly have low turnouts, so this wouldn't be a major issue.

The number of those requiring VACs will increase ahead of the next GE.

At the risk of repeating myself.

We all had the vote.

The government took it away.

MarshaMelrose · 03/05/2023 20:04

At the risk of repeating myself.

We all had the vote.

The government took it away.

No. If you haven't got yourself a free id card, you took it away from yourself. If a person thinks their right to vote is important, they'd have made sure to get their id sorted.

rwalker · 04/05/2023 06:20

verdantverdure · 03/05/2023 19:11

2.6 million people could be disenfranchised under the new law.

Why didn’t the 2.6 million apply for the free id card as per instructions very clearly printed in your voting card

some people honestly expect there arse wiping for them nowadays

if there intelligent enough to follow the process to register then surely there intelligent enough to follow the instructions on the card

if they can’t vote because of lack of id and haven’t bothered to get free card it’s no one’s fault but there own

DownNative · 04/05/2023 06:44

verdantverdure · 03/05/2023 19:14

At the risk of repeating myself.

We all had the vote.

The government took it away.

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You've had your arse kicked every time you've posted on this topic and you come up with.....that?!

@MarshaMelrose is correct - anyone who needs free ID but hasn't applied for it has disenfranchised themselves.

And it is democratic for people to disenfranchise themselves in a democracy. 🤷‍♂️

DownNative · 04/05/2023 06:45

rwalker · 04/05/2023 06:20

Why didn’t the 2.6 million apply for the free id card as per instructions very clearly printed in your voting card

some people honestly expect there arse wiping for them nowadays

if there intelligent enough to follow the process to register then surely there intelligent enough to follow the instructions on the card

if they can’t vote because of lack of id and haven’t bothered to get free card it’s no one’s fault but there own

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Correct! 👏 👏 👏

verdantverdure · 04/05/2023 15:29

Disenfranchised:

To remind you that no photo ID = no right to vote.
To remind you that no photo ID = no right to vote.
To remind you that no photo ID = no right to vote.
ColdHandsHotHead · 04/05/2023 15:40

Isseywith3witchycats · 11/02/2023 14:34

Most people have photo Id of some sort passport, bus pass driving licence so i cant see it being that much of a problem

That says a lot about you and your level of privilege.

DecayedStrumpet · 04/05/2023 16:33

DownNative · 30/04/2023 13:22

Not really a particularly good point. Want to carry as little as possible?

Get an RFID card holder and pop your driving licence, Citizen Card or other PASS credit card sized ID in along with your bank card.

Job done!

Simple and neat.

If you drop that or someone steals it you're going to have a hell of a job unpicking the identity fraud that ensues!

Why on earth would you carry such important documents on your person constantly?

verdantverdure · 04/05/2023 17:01

My friend is a prospective Labour councillor and she told me she tried to help a pensioner lady who was being turned away this morning, but she didn’t “want help from a Labourite”

verdantverdure · 04/05/2023 17:23

2.6 million people

To remind you that no photo ID = no right to vote.
To remind you that no photo ID = no right to vote.
MarshaMelrose · 04/05/2023 17:39

verdantverdure · 04/05/2023 16:59

93 year old with cancer who has been voting since 1950 unable to vote this time because she was ill during the window you could apply for Voter ID.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/woman-93-miss-casting-vote-29873757

Forgive my scepticism. She's not a postal voter so she always,had the intention to leave the house. She's got her picture taken outside in the paper. She has family round her. If it was that important to her they could have filled a form for her. Even now, her family are saying she's not going to get an ID card even though her dead granny held everyone should vote. They're hoping that she'll just do a postal vote without photo identification. They're in for a shock!
I guess it's just coincidental that a Labour supporting newspaper is picturing a Labour supporter.

MarshaMelrose · 04/05/2023 17:42

verdantverdure · 04/05/2023 17:01

My friend is a prospective Labour councillor and she told me she tried to help a pensioner lady who was being turned away this morning, but she didn’t “want help from a Labourite”

Wait a minute. I'm not scrolling back but weren't people decrying on here when the Conservative party tried to help people register?

MarshaMelrose · 04/05/2023 17:43

verdantverdure · 04/05/2023 17:23

2.6 million people

2.6 in this election?

MarshaMelrose · 04/05/2023 17:44

Anyway, I have my ID and I'm off to vote.

DownNative · 04/05/2023 17:56

ColdHandsHotHead · 04/05/2023 15:40

That says a lot about you and your level of privilege.

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No, it suggests that poster has seen the stats which has been posted in here multiple times now. Look back over last few pages for the info graphic.