voter id

[Swiss Peter]

There is a lot of evidence that the requirement (especially where ID cards are not already part of normal civil society) has the effect - and the intention (!) - of suppressing electoral participation from particular groups. Those groups are normally poorer, blacker and more marginalised, and less likely to support parties that most benefit the rich, powerful establishment. We should be taking down barriers to voting, not putting more up.

https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/...racy/voter-id/

If there were evidence of electoral fraud on a significant scale you might understand it. But there isn't.