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Re: Charlie Farley
Well to be fair, across the 6 polling stations I was looking after there were maybe a couple of people who were unable to produce the correct ID. The turnout seemed down but that could be due to many reasons.
I think the new system is trying to do two things at once and is a bit lacking at both. The electoral role already reflects who is eligible to vote in a particular election (the eligibility criteria Hugh posted above) with voters being crossed out as appropriate, so why the additional checks? There were some ID check anomalies where the the election office made the ultimate decision which made the staff say hey-ho!
I voted by post and there seemed no requirement for me to prove who I was, the process was the same as it's been for years.
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