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Originally Posted by Chris
If you have an ID card from an EEA member state, that includes Norway and Iceland (and Lichtenstein in fact), whose citizens are not entitled to vote in any UK election because they are not in the EU. I don’t imagine Norwegians and Iclanders are queueing up to vote illegally in the UK but nevertheless, if the idea is only to accept ID that is obtainable by UK or EU citizens, anything you can get with an EEA ID would have to be excluded.
It may well be that they’ve used a sledgehammer to crack a nut here. I’m not minded to try to defend the whole bureaucratic edifice, except from the ludicrous charge of voter suppression that has got certain sections of the commentariat fulminating.
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But the picture above, and the Electoral Commission website, state that
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From 4 May 2023, voters in England will need to show photo ID to vote at polling stations in some elections.
This will apply to:
Local elections
Police and Crime Commissioner elections
UK parliamentary by-elections
Recall petitions
From October 2023 it will also apply to UK General elections.
Accepted forms of photo ID
You can use any of the following accepted forms of photo ID when voting at a polling station.
International travel
[Passport issued by the UK, any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, a British Overseas Territory, an EEA state or a Commonwealth country (including an Irish Passport Card)
Driving and Parking
Driving licence issued by the UK, any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, or an EEA state (this includes a provisional driving licence)
A Blue Badge…
… Other government issued documents
Biometric immigration document
Ministry of Defence Form 90 (Defence Identity Card)
National identity card issued by an EEA state
Electoral Identity Card issued in Northern Ireland
Voter Authority Certificate
Anonymous Elector's Document
You will only need to show one form of photo ID. It needs to be the original version and not a photocopy.
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https://www.electoralcommission.org....B&gclsrc=aw.ds
Whilst the shouts of "voter suppression" are a little over-stated, one has to ask why the 16-25 railcard, 25-30 railcard, and University Student ID were turned down by the Conservatives?