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…
Pennsylvania Voter ID Debate Unlikely to be Resolved by 2024
Voters must show identification before voting in 35 states, but in Pennsylvania and 14 other states without the requirement, voter ID has become one of the election integrity issues that divides people along party lines. Democrats believe requiring voters to provide ID will disenfranchise people, especially those too poor to obtain identification, although those who…
Mandatory Identity Check for Postal and Proxy Votes in UK Elections
An identity check will be introduced for all applications for a postal or proxy vote in UK elections under the government’s plan to bolster election integrity. In a written statement to Parliament published on Tuesday, Communities Minister Baroness Scott of Brybrook said the government is “introducing appropriate safeguards to reduce the opportunity for individuals to…
Drakeford: ‘Tory Government Has A Voter Suppression Agenda’
The Conservative government is pursuing a “deliberate voter suppression agenda,” the first minister of Wales has alleged. Mark Drakeford insisted voter fraud “doesn’t exist” and claimed the Conservative Party is using “far-right” tactics from the United States to make it more difficult for people to vote. The local elections on May 4 marked the first…
UK Local Elections ‘Well Run’ Though Some Voters Turned Away Under New Photo ID Rules: Watchdog
The Electoral Commission has said that Thursday’s local elections were “well run” despite some voters being turned away under the newly implemented voter ID rules. Under the Elections Bill passed in April 2022, those turning up at polling stations are now required to show a valid photo ID before being given a voting slip. An…
Britain Goes to the Polls With Mandatory Voter ID for First Time
This year’s local elections are under way in England, which mark the first time it has been compulsory for all voters in England to have to show photo identification when arriving at polling stations. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to face his first major electoral test since entering Number 10 Downing Street just over…
UK Government Urges Voters to Check Their Photo ID Ahead of Local Elections
The UK government has reminded voters in England to check if they have the accepted photographic identification that will be required for next month’s local elections. More than 8,000 council seats in England are up for grabs on May 4 across 230 local authorities, ranging from small rural areas to some of the largest towns…
Idaho Removes Student IDs From List of Acceptable Voter Identification
Idaho’s Republican Gov. Brad Little signed House Bill 124 (pdf), which removes student ID cards from the list of acceptable identification to vote, on March 15. Idaho law requires photo identification at the polls before voting in person. Students will be prohibited from using their photo ID cards issued by a high school or accredited universities…
NC Supreme Court Hands Win to GOP on Redistricting, Voter ID
February 4, 2023
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The North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday handed a victory to the state’s Republican legislators by siding with a petition that asked the high court to rehear cases involving election maps and voter identification laws. In a vote along partisan lines, the state’s Supreme Court voted 5–2 to rehear the two cases in March—ones that…
America’s Electoral System Is Suffering From a Credibility Crisis
November 15, 2022
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Commentary Defying all predictions of a photo finish senate race, Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman won 50.3 percent of the vote to Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz’s 47.3 percent. The unexpectedly large margin helped avoid a midterm meltdown. But don’t be deceived; that margin masks major electoral system dysfunction that remains unaddressed. If the margins had been narrower, things…
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