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Thank you to everyone who signed our petitions to adopt the Single Transferable Vote in all local elections and to stop the government's expensive and dangerous voter ID plans.
We have been watching the government attempt to build a case for voter ID since 2016, yet at every stage they have simply generated more evidence for why it is expensive, discriminatory and the wrong priority.
NEWS resources
Prospect - Voter fraud is vanishingly rare, so why is Johnson planning to make photo ID mandatory?
The Guardian - More than 2m voters may lack photo ID required under new UK bill
The Independent - Race coalition warns government bills will ‘disenfranchise’ ethnic minority groups
Politics.co.uk - Privacy concerns over government voter ID plan
IEA - Voter ID is a disproportionate response to a non-existent problem
Walesonline - You will need photo ID to vote under law announced this week
Independent - Boris Johnson’s voter ID plans ‘illiberal solution for non-existent problem’, says senior Tory
The Big Issue - Voter ID is a ‘real threat’ to marginalised groups
i news - Voter ID: Photo ID checks at UK elections is ‘threat to the right to vote’, say civil liberty groups
Guardian - Mandatory voter ID would dangerously undermine UK democracy
PoliticsHome - Civil Liberty Groups Come Out In Force Against “Unnecessary and Expensive” Voter ID Plans
Local Government Chronicle - Dismay at plans to shorten poll lead-in time and require voter ID
ITV - Government accused of 'inventing bogeymen and scare stories' in voter ID plan
South Wales Argus - Boris Johnson urged to perform U-turn over voter ID plan
More From ERS:
The government’s own research shows millions of people may lack appropriate voter ID
The government appears intent on pursuing this unfair and discriminatory policy, but its own commissioned research, published this week, raises serious concerns about how voter ID will make it much harder for people to vote.
Voter ID: 18 leading civil society groups unite to call for dangerous plans to be dropped
Leading UK civil society groups have united to challenge plans to block those without ID from voting, in a landmark joint statement co-ordinated by the ERS.
Rotten boroughs are rife in England, as voters are hit by warped results
We’re already seeing a plethora of rotten results – with parties taking nearly all the seats on a fraction of the vote.
Senior Conservative brands mandatory voter ID ‘illiberal solution for non-existent problem’
The government is planning to introduce legislation that will make it harder for millions of ordinary people to vote.
First time votes for 16 and 17 year olds in Wales – what Westminster can learn
After years of ERS Cyrmu campaigning for the rights of 16 and 17 year olds to vote in Wales, the first election with an expanded franchise took place last week.
These government plans will hit 44m voters with less choice and a weaker voice
But government proposals, announced in March by Home Secretary Priti Patel, would see the current Supplementary Vote method replaced with Westminster style First Past the Post – despite voters having never used it for these positions.