ELECTIONS

Calls to abandon 'costly, undemocratic' voter ID trials

Introducing voter ID requirements in elections is the wrong solution for the wrong issue, a report published today has argued.

Introducing voter ID requirements in elections is the wrong solution for the wrong issue, a report published today has argued.

The Electoral Reform Society (ERS) has argued that voter ID will fail to tackle genuine dangers to democracy and risks excluding people from the voting process.

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