Voter ID Electoral Commission report: “Outrage” that 14,000 people denied a voice at local elections

Embargo: 00.01 Friday 23 June 2023

Responding to the Electoral Commission report on Voter ID which found around 14,000 voters were denied a vote at the local elections because they couldn’t show ID, Liberal Democrat Local Government Spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:

“It is an outrage that thousands of people were denied a voice at the local elections because of the Conservative Party’s Voter ID rules.

“Obstructing people’s right to vote like this in such a disproportionate way is a complete waste of money that undermines our democracy.

“It looks like a transparent attempt at voter suppression by Conservative ministers who are desperate to stop people from holding them to account by any means possible.

“The government needs to sit up and listen to these findings, and back my bill to scrap Voter ID once and for all.”

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