New ID rules for elections from 2023
Details of the Tory government's voter ID scheme has been released and voters will have to show ID at a polling station starting with the local elections in 2023. There's a list of acceptable forms of ID but not every voter will have one. Members of the House of Lords passed an amendment which would have allowed a greater number of IDs to be used - but it was overturned by the Conservatives in the Commons. Student ID cards or Railcards have been deemed not acceptable whereas pensioner bus passes are.
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14 Nov 2022
