1 in 400 Couldn’t Vote in Local Elections Due to New Photo ID Rules

1 in 400 Couldn’t Vote in Local Elections Due to New Photo ID Rules
People leaving a polling station in Bridlington Priory Church, Yorkshire, England, on May 4, 2023. Danny Lawson/PA Media
Alexander Zhang
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About 0.25 percent of voters who went to a polling station in the May local elections were not able to vote as a result of the new photo ID requirement, the Electoral Commission has said.

Under the Elections Bill passed in April 2022, those turning up at polling stations must show a valid photo ID before being given a voting slip. The requirement was put into practice for the first time in England’s local elections on May 4.