Submitted on Wednesday 12th May 2021
Rejected on Tuesday 18th May 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Do not require voter identification prior to voting in Great Britain.
Under plans announced in the Queens Speech, the government wants to introduce photo identification requirements for people trying to vote to solve a non-existent problem of voter fraud. This is profoundly undemocratic and looks very like deliberate voter suppression of a kind common in the USA.
The two means suggested as driving licenses or passports. A passport can cost up to £85 (or £75 for an online application). A new driving license costs at least £43 on paper and £34 for an online application. This can be higher depending on the circumstances. Making the possession of one or the other mandatory for voting effectively introduces a poll tax, makes people much less likely to vote and may make it impossible for some people to vote.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
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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You might like to sign the following petitions:
Scrap the Voter ID requirement introduced in the Election Integrity Bill
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/576024
Do not introduce mandatory photo identity verification in any elections.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/585500
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