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Boris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting ID
BBC ^ | May 2 | BBC

Posted on 05/02/2024 8:56:47 PM PDT by RandFan

Former Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson was turned away from his local polling station after forgetting to bring acceptable photo ID.

As first reported by Sky News, he returned later with the necessary ID and was able to vote.

He cast his ballot in South Oxfordshire, where voters are choosing a police and crime commissioner.

New rules requiring photo ID to vote were introduced by Mr Johnson's government in the Elections Act 2022.

The change was rolled out last year, with local elections in May 2023 the first time voters needed to show ID.

According to the Electoral Commission, about 14,000 people were unable to vote in last year's local elections in England as a result of the new rules.

There are 22 acceptable forms of ID, including passports, driving licences, older or Disabled Person's bus passes and Oyster 60+ cards.

People who are registered to vote can also apply for a free document known as a Voter Authority Certificate.

The government has also said it intends to make veterans' ID cards a valid form of voter identification after some former service personnel were turned away from polling stations.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: voterid
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To: RandFan
Boris was turned away for not having ID, but not this guy (and several million like him):


21 posted on 05/03/2024 5:38:44 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
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To: RandFan

How does one forget his ID?


22 posted on 05/03/2024 6:09:02 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: Cobra64
Glad I checked...was going to make just that point.

Clever old fox is Boris!

23 posted on 05/03/2024 6:11:25 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: mewzilla

Why do you keep trying to make an issue of that? it’s not in the least unusual.There are still 8 months before the last date when an election can be held. It’s entirely normal for the sitting PM - especially one with a weak position as at present - to keep the opposition guessing at this stage in the cycle.


24 posted on 05/03/2024 10:22:06 AM PDT by Winniesboy
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To: RandFan
"Electoral Commission chief executive Vijay Rangarajan"

It's not Britain anymore.

25 posted on 05/03/2024 4:13:19 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: RandFan

Imagine that! Fair and effective voter ID regulations actually being enforced in Great Britain.


26 posted on 05/04/2024 7:27:01 AM PDT by Pennsyltucky Boy (bitterly clinging to our constitutional rights in PA)
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To: mewzilla

It’s up to the PM when he calls it

In fact, they had a “Fixed date Parliament Act” but I think Boris got rid of it after just a few years and one parliament

People prefer it this way. He has to call it within 5 years of the last one.


27 posted on 05/04/2024 9:23:17 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: Winniesboy

Yes, The fixed date wasn’t very popular so they got rid of it!

It doesn’t work in a non-presidential system. It’s strange but people prefer it the way it is where PM can call it when he wants


28 posted on 05/04/2024 9:25:24 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Didn’t use to be that way, did it...

https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/calling-general-election

“...Between 2011 and 2022 prime ministers would have had to pass a vote in the House of Commons to call an early election under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act (FTPA) 2011. This has now been repealed and the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act (DaCoP) 2022 which has returned the ability to call elections to Royal Prerogative. This is how elections were called before 2011...”


29 posted on 05/04/2024 9:47:32 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: Winniesboy

See my reply #29.


30 posted on 05/04/2024 9:47:57 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: Winniesboy

BTW, you lot are in the same mess we are.

But we in the US have two advantages...

1) We’re not in denial anymore.

2) We’ve got Trump standing between us and our Deep State.


31 posted on 05/04/2024 9:49:59 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: RandFan
Sometimes an easily identifiable "signature" haircut just isn't enough.


32 posted on 05/04/2024 10:01:26 AM PDT by x
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To: mewzilla

The Fixed Term Parliaments Act, to which you refer, was a short-term political fix by David Cameron. It had all sorts of holes in it from the outset, and its repeal was inevitable sooner or later. We’re now back to the traditional system, in place for centuries, in which the election date is in the gift of the Prime Minister as long as he can command a Parliamentary majority, and no Parliament can last more than 5 years.


33 posted on 05/04/2024 10:16:29 AM PDT by Winniesboy
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To: Winniesboy; mewzilla

What I don’t understand is the reason for your repeated references to this. Are you saying that repealing the Fixed Term Parliaments Act was a bad thing? If so, why?


34 posted on 05/05/2024 5:54:17 AM PDT by Winniesboy
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