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Originally Posted by Chris
The official reason is the level of verification required in order to get any of those IDs. It is, or so I read, notably harder to get a 60+ card than it is any of the others.
That may be true, or it may not be. But the very fact that you can use one but not the others has been echoing loudly amongst the usual suspects on Twitter. I’ve seen the phrase ‘voter suppression’ a lot in recent weeks.
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This might well have backfired.
It was of course intended to suppress non-Tory voters, but looks like it may have suppressed the elderly Tory vote
Guess Voter ID will get the boot very shortly. Democracy in action, UK style...