Looks Like Jezza Is Worried About His Crooked "block" Votes...

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50051178

[Old_Geezer]

What there is no excuse for, is demanding it and thus forcing an ID card or equivalent as a result. There is no justification for it.

[webbo3]

Free cards, so Liebour can't complain.

https://twitter.com/CitizenCard/status/1183438589142671361

[New Judge]

I simply don't understand why, when there is no objection to providing some sort of authority to conduct a transaction - be it drawing £5 from the bank, collecting a parcel from the sorting office or travelling on a bus - there is such an objection to proving your eligibility to vote. The entire voting system needs radically tightening. Personation at the polling booth is only a small part of the problem. Postal voting is the biggest opportunity for fraud. But to insist that you should be able to merely turn up at the polling station and say "I'm Fred Bloggs. Please give me a voting slip" is simply preposterous.

[ichkeria]

I know that N Ireland did appear to have a persistent issue with personation (“vote early vote often” as they used to say) it there is very little evidence of anything like that in GB. And no matter where, it’s hard to see how serious and widespread abuse could occur through this: it isn’t actually the case that you just say “I’m Fred Bloggs”: you have to give your address which is then scored off a list so you cannot come back again. And no one else can come back as you. It would take a serious amount of conspiracy and planning for it to work to a significant degree. Other forms of electoral fraud are are more effective and dangerous and most involve some involvement by officials: ballot stuffing; voting “parties”, etc and imagine if those folk ticking off the names were in on the conspiracy? Photo ID would not be a lot of use then.

[naomi24]

//I simply don't understand why, when there is no objection to providing some sort of authority to conduct a transaction - be it drawing £5 from the bank, collecting a parcel from the sorting office or travelling on a bus - there is such an objection to proving your eligibility to vote. //

Nor me. Potty.

[NellieMay]

Nor me!