Plans for voter ID bill branded 'dangerous and undemocratic'

By Heather Jameson | 13 October 2019

Plans to introduce voter ID across the whole country have been branded ‘dangerous, misguided and undemocratic’ by the Electoral Reform Society (ERS).

According to leaked reports, the Government plans to include a bill in the Queen’s Speech that would force people to produce their ID before they could vote.

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