Voter suppression (UK)
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Starry Wisdom
how many battalions do council leaders have?
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Deliberately engineered to ensure that the true figures of those turning up to vote but disenfranchised by this vermin suppression will never been known.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Presumably these 'greeters 'will be employed by the Council. ?
I hope not. If they want their party to win, their purpose would be to help their own voters get their ID.
I'll have a second stab at this. Local authorities don't like putting anyone outside polling stations.
If an election official comes out of the polling station, it's normally to quickly make sure there's nothing wrong and to tell someone off if there is.
Poltical parties normally put someone outside to greet the voters and possible identify voters and mark them off.
Polticial parties normally collude to share data at this point and it is the only part of the election process where they really do co-operate with each other.
There is an unwritten agreement that voters give their polling card number to all or none of them.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Sounds as though you've had experience of telling?
Yup. I forgot the word for it. Would I ever do it again? No.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
If I've understood the article correctly, the "greeters" positioned outside polling stations by EROs will be nothing to do with the tellers from the political parties. It seems that they will be there ostensibly to act as 'advanced organisers' to remind voters of the need for photo ID. In reality any such "greeting" has the potential to turn away those without photo ID before they can get to the point where their disenfranchisement might be recorded.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Not particularly new or startling, but well put...
The hidden story of England’s local elections was voter ID – a new threat to democracy | Jess Garland
The hidden story of England’s local elections was voter ID – a new threat to democracy | Jess Garland
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Weirdly, turnout in my ward increased slightly compared to last time - but of course it's impossible to tell at this stage whether it would have been higher still if people had been turned away.
muscovyduck
Good IT skills and food hygiene competent
It's odd. I actually think it'll be next time we feel the effects of this a bit more. I went this time but the whole thing felt so much more... idk... unfriendly than usual?
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
An interesting and, for some potential voters, an important observation. It's the culmination of all the obvious barriers and not so quantifiable 'micro-barriers' in folks heads that make voter suppression so insidious and effective. There will be a section of the population for whom voting is already quite a marginal consideration who will look at the prospect of queueing to then reach the (less than friendly) officials and face the public embarrassment of not meeting the strict requirements and then having to make the walk of shame out past the queues that will put them off even considering to go. Most likely those sort of folk won't be tories; psychopaths don't do embarrassment.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Some data and basic demographics which, of course, cannot include those who never even bothered to turn up at the polling station because they knew they'd be turned away.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
The tory PCC and his wife lost in the ward they were standing in which is good news - she lost by 4 votes to an independent which explains the recounts. Council remains NOC.
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gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
It cuts both ways - hopefully - assuming the voting age gets lowered to 16 and we get PR ... 
Oh and elimination of voter ID ...
"He freely admits that the only chance the Tories have is to have an ‘unfair advantage’"
Oh and elimination of voter ID ...
"He freely admits that the only chance the Tories have is to have an ‘unfair advantage’"
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ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
Jacob Rees-Mogg Admits Tory Voter ID Law Was 'Gerrymandering'
Former cabinet minister says government attempt to suppress Labour support backfired and made it harder for Conservatives to vote.
Jeff Robinson
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Jacob Rees-Mogg Admits Tory Voter ID Law Was 'Gerrymandering'
Former cabinet minister says government attempt to suppress Labour support backfired and made it harder for Conservatives to vote.www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
We love to see it
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
We love to see it
All going a bit Mad Max out there on the far-right fringes of vermin land
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
This doesn't suprise me, My 88 year old father hasn't voted for years and he never voted Tory when he did but he has no photo id, He's long since lost his driving licence, he's never had a passport or a bus pass. It was a frigging nightmare when we got the solicitor round to do his LPA's and his will. In the end the solicitor just had to settle for me and both my sisters all swearing he was our Dad.We love to see it
I wouldn't be surprised if there aren't a lot of elderly people in his position.
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MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Thinking on about it, I live in a safe(ish) Tory that is an otherwise very nice place to live. Multicar households and foreign holidays are the normal here not the exception so I would imagine that near enough every 18-21 year old has a driving licence and/or passport.
It will be proper funny if Wheeler loses her seat because the young un's turned out and the old crumblies couldn't vote.
It will be proper funny if Wheeler loses her seat because the young un's turned out and the old crumblies couldn't vote.
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