Submitted on Monday 10th May 2021
Rejected on Monday 17th May 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Stop introduction of photo ID at polling stations
Stop the introduction of mandatory photo ID inspection before voting. According to the Electoral Commission, the country “has low levels of proven electoral fraud”; in 2019 there was just one conviction and one police caution for impersonating another voter - source The Guardian
No issue of voter fraud has been identified so this move is not necessary and will only result in lower election turn out. The people most likely to be adversely affected by the introduction of photo I'd would be the poor and the young. The move amounts to voter suppression and is therefore undemocratic
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There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/585500
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