Voter ID comedy

[drakioned]

This isn't to spark a politics discussion necessarily, but just for some comedy.

Tom Hunt, MP for Ipswich realised he didn't have valid ID - https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/ukne...r-realising-he-has-no-valid-form-of-voter-id/
Boris forgot his - https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/worl...r-id-in-major-polling-day-blunder/ar-AA1o4CSL

 

[VincentHanna]

In another amusing turn of events @Caracus2k was right all along!

"Karl Marx wins seat on Stockport Council"

(sort of)

 

[darkgen]

Just introduce ID cards in this country and be done with it. Now, show me your papers!

 

[Yaayuh!]

Or just do a postal vote.

 

[Whitewater]

Or just do a postal vote.

This is what I do. Saves having to wonder into a building full of strange people.

 

[Kenai]

This is what I do. Saves having to wonder into a building full of strange people.

With turnout as low as it is these days, wandering into a building 'full' of people is probably unlikely

 

[dazza13]

I mean to be honest i would have expected nothing less from bumbling Boris.

 

[Stu999]

Boris is a tit.

More annoying ID antics, veteran ID not valid:

Military vet turned away from polling station because staff wouldn't accept his ID

Adam Diver, who served in the Army for 27 years, said he was ‘gutted’ to be turned away

www.standard.co.uk

 

[BUDFORCE]

I took my driving license, because I have an Irish passport it dawned on me I have no idea if I can use that to vote.

 

[MarcLister]

With turnout as low as it is these days, wandering into a building 'full' of people is probably unlikely

Went to my polling station yesterday. 4 or 5 electoral staff and me. 5/6 people in the building.

I took my driving license, because I have an Irish passport it dawned on me I have no idea if I can use that to vote.

How to vote

An overview of voting in the UK, including voting in person, postal and proxy voting, and voting if you're abroad.

www.gov.uk

Seems an EU passport is fine.

 

[thefish]

Couldn't use veteran cards I believe

 

[MCFC_ANDY]

showed ID, voted, don't see an issue. used my license but easy to get get voter ID online

Apply for photo ID to vote (called a ‘Voter Authority Certificate’)

Apply for photo ID to vote (Voter Authority Certificate) in some elections and referendums in Great Britain if you do not have an accepted form of ID.

www.gov.uk

 

[danlightbulb]

Boris is a tit.

More annoying ID antics, veteran ID not valid:

Military vet turned away from polling station because staff wouldn't accept his ID

Adam Diver, who served in the Army for 27 years, said he was ‘gutted’ to be turned away

www.standard.co.uk

48 and doesn't have a driving license or passport to use instead?

I believe the veterans ID is new so wasn't on the official list, will be sorted for next time. Sounds reasonable.

 

[Reuben klang]

Honestly it just sums up this country at the moment.

I can’t see really see away out short term either.

 

[Hagar]

Most countries in the world use voter ID for elections. I'm coming around to ID cards generally now.

 

[Efour]

Honestly......

Why are there no ID cards in the UK?

That soldier story just sounds like an emotional clutch at straws yarn.

There are some chronic backwards things still in the UK and USA..

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Most countries in the world use voter ID for elections. I'm coming around to ID cards generally now.

My French one lives in my wallet even though it’s not mandatory to carry them these days as I don’t yet have a French driving licence (long story) which is the de facto ID item here.

Both Citizen and Resident ID cards are free on issue, but you pay to replace lost ones etc.

 

[drakioned]

I don't know. I honestly would prefer to have one central ID system for everything. Something similar to what we already do for power of attorney. Where if an organisation needs my identity, I give them one-off access code and they get whatever my most up to date set of details are, which stays up to date if I move, etc.

This whole government-can-track-us fear over such a system assumes that the various government intelligence agencies aren't able to pull this together already, and honestly it sounds trivially easy for them to do so.

So we're only shooting ourselves in the foot.

 

[I kill Bunnies]

Boris knew what he was doing by showing up without ID. He got the headlines he wanted acting like the fool.

 

[ShiWarrior]

Heard about the Boris one, using newspaper as a form of ID. Just lol