Comment by chgs
17 days ago
My wife was denied the opportunity to vote last year in the local elections due to not having ID in her when we popped in on a whim.
The voting booth refused to even register this, yet the apologists claim only 1 in 400 were denied.
Seems like a sensible decision, since you apparently couldn't be bothered to prepare properly. I totally have no sympathy for this story.
That sounds fair. No ID means no way to check if she had already voted or even has the right to vote.
I mean....how do you know it's more than 1 in 400? You have one example - your wife. Any reason to believe it was common?
https://theconversation.com/almost-2-million-people-in-the-u...
The article you posted confirms the 1 in 400 number:
"We found that around 0.5% of all voters reported being turned away at polling stations as a result of lacking ID in the local elections of 2023. We also found that four times as many people (around 2%) reported not voting because they knew they didn’t have the right ID."
2.5% is 1 in 400