It’s less than a month until polling day and voters in England are being urged to check if they will be able to take part in this year’s local elections.
Reporting by Ian Jones, PA and Will Maule
It’s less than a month until polling day and voters in England are being urged to check they will be able to take part in this year’s local elections. In addition to being registered to vote, people will now have to display a form of photo identification before being able to cast their ballot. Not all types of photo ID will be accepted, but a passport or driving licence are valid, reportsThe deadline to register to vote is Monday, April 17 and anyone without the correct photo identification needs to apply for a special certificate by 5pm on Tuesday, April 25. Postal voting is not affected by the new ID requirement.
The government says that compulsory photo ID will “protect the integrity of democracy in the UK” and “ensure the electoral system remains secure, transparent and fair for generations to come.” Yet campaign groups the Electoral Reform Society and Unlock Democracy have warned as many as two million people in Britain do not currently have the right form of ID to vote.
An average of 922 applications per day for a Voter Authority Certificate were made online in England in the week to April 2, up from 803 the previous week, according to PA analysis of government data. A total of 36,089 applications have been submitted online in England since February 1.
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