What’s behind the Tories’ new voter ID laws?
March 13, 2023
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March 13, 2023
What’s behind the Tories’ new voter ID laws?
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<p>The local elections in May will be the first time that voters in England must show a form of photo ID to cast their vote. The government has said we need these tough restrictions to combat election fraud but pilots suggest one million voters could be put off voting, with police told to prepare for <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2023/02/police-standby-polling-day-abuse-voter-id-may-local-elections" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">polling station chaos</a>.</p><br /><p>Anoosh Chakelian, Rachel Cunliffe and Ben Walker discuss the reality of voter fraud, why Rishi Sunak is pressing ahead with this policy now and who might be <a href="https://sotn.newstatesman.com/2023/02/voter-id-laws-hurt-tories-labour" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">denied </a>their right to vote. Plus, the many ways this law might degrade trust in the electoral process rather than bolster it.</p><br /><p>If you have a question for You Ask Us, go to newstatesman.com/youaskus</p><br /><p>Subscribers can get an ad free version of the NS Podcast on the <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2022/06/newapp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Statesman app</a></p><p> </p><p>Podcast listeners can subscribe to the <em>New Statesman</em> for just £1 a week for 12 weeks using our special offer. Just visit <a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/podcastoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">newstatesman.com/podcastoffer</a>. </p><p> </p><p><strong>LISTEN AD-FREE:</strong></p><p>📱<a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2022/06/newapp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Download the New Statesman app</a></p><br /><p><strong>MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:</strong></p><p>❓ <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/2022/10/you-ask-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ask a question</a> – we answer them every Friday</p><p>⏰ <a href="https://morningcall.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get our daily politics newsletter</a> every morning</p><p>✍️ <a href="http://saturdayread.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Enjoy the best of our writing</a> via email every Saturday</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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