r/nottheonion • u/MORaHo04 • May 02 '24

Boris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting to bring photo ID

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/02/minister-sorry-as-veterans-find-id-card-not-valid-for-english-elections
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u/[deleted] May 02 '24

Wait! Photo ID required for voting? What sort of undemocratic chicanery is this?!?!?!?!

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u/That_Guy_Brody May 02 '24

The racist kind!

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u/[deleted] May 02 '24

I am confused by your response. Where is the racism in this matter?

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u/Auraxis012 May 02 '24

By preventing the 2 million people in the UK who are eligible to vote but who have no ID, a population skewed towards ethnic minorities, from voting.

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u/ShopperOfBuckets May 03 '24

Why do they have no ID? How are they eligible to vote without one?

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u/Auraxis012 May 03 '24

Eligibility to vote isn't determined by access to ID, and never has.