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 before being given a voting slip. The requirement was put into practice for the first time in England’s local elections on May 4.
According to the election watchdog, approximately 14,000 voters—0.25 percent of all voters who went to a polling station—were not able to vote as a result of not being able to show an acceptable photo ID….