For the first time, people will need to show photo ID before voting in England's local elections.
Mr Westwood said "people understand" the new photo ID rules, adding that applications for the free voter authority certificate were increasing "day by day".Officials, who will be called "greeters", will be positioned outside polling stations to "make sure that people are definitely aware of the ID requirement", he added.
"One person being turned away is going to be far too many, given that we don't have this problem of people pretending to be someone else," he said. From October the compulsory voter ID rules will also apply to any future general elections. Photo ID is not required for postal votes.
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