UK Government Won’t Expand Voter ID Ahead of General Election

Published on January 24, 2024

The list of admissible forms of photographic ID that voters need to show at polling stations will not be expanded, the UK government has decided. The decision came on Tuesday, as reported by the Financial Times, despite criticism the current list creates barriers for voters. Chair of the Electoral Commission, John Pullinger, cautioned that current rules on voter IDs risked disenfranchising certain groups. “The photo ID requirement is clearly proving more of a barrier to some people than others,” Mr. Pullinger told the Financial Times on Monday. He suggested that voter ID requirement were putting young people off voting. Under the Elections Bill passed in April 2022, those turning up at polling stations will need to show a valid photo ID before being given a voting slip....

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