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generalelectionmusings · 1 year

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Reminder: If you have no voter ID, apply for a postal vote.

#voter ID #uk #politics #tory #conservative party #nasty party #ukpol #general election #GE2023 #GE2024

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263adder · 7 months

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Don't Lose Your Vote! UK Edition

A snap general election could be called any day. This will be the first general election that requires photo ID if you vote at the polls (postal votes 📫 are unaffected by the Election Act 2022).

If you don't have an approved form of identification (list here), you can apply for a FREE voter ID photo card. Find out more below or use these 5 minutes to register and get your ID sorted instead ❎ because, and this is important to know, the government really doesn't want young people to vote.

The Explanation

Rishi Sunak, UK Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party, may call a snap election in 2023. (A snap election is a vote brought in earlier ⏱ than the one that’s scheduled 🕐) The UK’s next general election (for MPs and the PM) is meant to happen between December 2024 and January 2025.

A snap election happens in as little as 25 days 😨 between the announcement (aka the PM asking the House of Commons’ to approve the dissolution of Parliament) and the vote 🏃‍♀️

You must be registered to vote - currently over 8 million people are not. Unlike other a democratic countries, the UK doesn’t automatically register all eligible voters. You have to do this yourself. Here’s a quick reminder of how to register:

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Over the past 15 years, it has gotten harder for British citizens to vote:

Families can no longer register to vote as a household 🏡 so young voters must register themselves (Cameron Govt)

Colleges and universities are barred from registering students 👨‍🎓 (Cameron Govt)

The Elections Act requires photo ID 🤳 for anyone voting in person (Johnson Govt)

Local elections (for city and town governments) in 2023 were the first votes that required VOTER ID. According to the Electoral Commission, over 14,000 people were turned away from the polls because they had not heard about the change.

The House of Lords tried to amend the Elections Act before it passed, to include more common types of ID, such as bank statements, bills, student ID, library cards and much more. This amendment was struck down in the House of Commons. A lot of the IDs included in the approved list are more likely to be owned by older voters than younger ones. For example, a 60+ Oyster Card is acceptable ID but an 18+ Oyster Card is not.

Here’s the important thing to know: voters who don’t have a driving licence or passport or other approved forms of ID, can apply for a free voter ID photo card. Watch the video below to find out how!

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And finally, please, for the love of our democracy, vote.

"Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it's something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles." Abbie Hoffman

#uk politics #vote #voter id #voter registration #united kingdom #rishi sunak #election act 2022 #general election #snap election #electoral commission #voter turnout #voter disenfranchisement #abbie hoffman #Youtube

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ceevee5 · 1 year

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“In a society where there is no ID-card system, requiring voters to prove their identities to solve a non-existent problem and using a narrow range of documentation is deliberately designed to stop poorer voters accessing their democratic rights.”

#uk politics #elections #democracy #voter id

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timkontheunsure · 3 months

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UK general election postal voters read this!

Edit: this was apparently part the election act 2022 law, that changed how long you can stay signed up for general elections postal votes.

The max now is only 3 years. If you've been on that long you Will have to reconfirm with the update from.

If you receive a update form please read it carefully, and if it says you need to send it back do so to stay on the list.

(People who have received these have been given less than 2 weeks to do so).

Sorry about the confusion, but this worried me and lot of my friends.

Left it below so people can see what this was about.

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Hey heads up the UK post vote detail info update forms NEED to be sent back this time even if there's no changes!

If you don't you'll be removed from the post vote list!

This is awful as it's the accessibility option for most people & needs no photo ID.

This is a link to what types of ID are accepted if you don't manage to send it back in time.

https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-elections/voter-id/accepted-forms-photo-id

#uk politics #disabled community #voter suppression #voter id

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tweetingukpolitics · 1 year

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#women’s equality party #political twitter #wep #voter id #uk news #uk politics

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justinspoliticalcorner · 11 days

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Sarah Jones and Jason Easley at PoliticusUSA's The Daily Substack:

The Trump and Mike Johnson press conference at Mar-a-Lago barely lasted 20 minutes, and what the event might be remembered for isn’t Trump’s various lies about abortion, immigration, or even the value of Mar-a-Lago. Something Mike Johnson said in just a few minutes signaled how Trump plans to handle a potential 2024 election loss.

Johnson said: [You need to understand something, since the 1993 National Voter Registration Act, the motor voter law, allows people to sign up to vote. If an individual averts or states they are a citizen, they don't have to prove it, they can register that person to vote in a federal election. States are prohibited from asking someone to prove that they are a citizen. The federal voter registration form has a check box. If you do that, you're good. That is a serious problem. And what we are going to do is, house Republicans are introducing a bill that will require proof of citizenship to vote. It seems like common sense. All of us would agree we want U.S. Citizens to vote in U.S. Elections. But there are some Democrats who don't want to do that. One of their reasons for this open board that everyone asked, why would they do this? Why the violence? They want to turn these people into voters. Right now, the administration is encouraging illegals to go to the local welfare office to sign up for benefits. When you go to the welfare office they ask you if you would like to register to vote. Many people, we think are going to do that. If the numbers are so high, so many millions of illegals in the country, one out of a hundred, they would cast thousands of votes, that could turn an election. This could impact congressional elections in the country. It could affect the presidential election.] [...]

Johnson and Trump Are Going To Claim That Illegal Immigrants Stole The Election For Biden

Johnson was the architect of the House scheme to block the certification of the 2020 election. He likely won’t be the Speaker of the House when the next election is certified, but what he is doing is creating a path for Trump to challenge the 2024 results in every swing state that he loses. Trump will claim that any swing state that uses motor voter registration that he lost was full of illegal votes for Biden. Trump will demand that the election not be certified, and that all of the swing states that Biden won be thrown out. Johnson knows that a national voter ID law will make it much more difficult for some Democratic leaners to vote, and that the bill that he and Trump are proposing is dead in the water, so the tactic will be to challenge every state that Biden won that is considered a swing state by claiming that illegal voters voted for Biden.

On Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and 2024 GOP nominee Donald Trump trafficked in the lie motor voter registration caused "illegal votes" for President Joe Biden to be tallied in a bid to cause 2020 2.0 in which Trump lied about the election results to falsely declare himself the victor.

#Donald Trump #Mike Johnson #Election Denialism #2024 Presidential Election #2024 Elections #National Voter Registration Act #Noncitizen Voting #Voter ID

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paintedpigeon1 · 1 year

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Ok so, if you're in the UK you may or may not know that you need photo ID to vote starting in May (aka the next elections). The promotion has been atrocious so far (either that or it's just my local council that's awful, which I severely doubt), so I've made some graphics to explain what you need to do (what photo ID you can use, what to do if you have none, how to get a Voter Recognition Certificate, shit like that). Please share them everywhere so people know how to vote!

Versions with light backgrounds in a reblog, since I can only share ten images at a time.

Printable versions (A3 poster and booklet; light, dark and white background versions)

Links in the images:

https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-document

https://electoralcommission.org.uk/voter-id

#lets see if these post faster than twitter #bad time of day for a uk-centred post maybe?#eh. ill reblog later #politics #uk politics #uk #voter rights #voter id #voting #elections #for once i did not create whump with my canva subscription lol

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writing-with-olive · 4 months

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So as we're heading into the American primaries, now is a super good time to see if you're registered to vote. Remember: even if you've been registered in the past, it's possible you've been removed from the registry without being notified. Go check.

Also, now's a really good time to put into your calendar when the relevant dates are for voting. If you plan on voting for election day, this link lists when that is in your state.

Note that voter ID laws may have changed since last time you voted. This map by ballotpedia shows the requirements by state. These rules may be different in the event that you are showing up to register and vote at the same time.

If you're unhappy with all of the options, remember that voting is not the only form of civic engagement you can engage in - getting engaged in your local community is still very much an option that is on the table and is effective. Voting and community organizing are not mutually exclusive acts. While the presidential race is the most prominent it is not the only race that's happening, and that local races that will affect your life far more directly are also on the ballot. Go vote.

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mysharona1987 · 7 months

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#Trump #voter id #voter fraud #maga #supermarkets #politics #democrats #republicans

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whenweallvote · 6 months

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Don’t forget to double check your state’s voter ID rules before you head to the polls! 👀 🪪

Find everything you need to cast your ballot at weall.vote/voterhub.

#voter ID #map #map graphic #election day #vote ready

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religion-is-a-mental-illness · 1 month

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White, college-educated elites apparently believe that black people don't drive, fish, get married, travel, collect a parcel from the post office, get a credit card, a library card, a bank account, a job or a cellphone, buy cold and flu medication, rent a hotel room, buy a gun, hire a car, buy alcohol, or even collect unemployment.

The proud neoracism of the white, progressive antiracist.

Woke or KKK? Aside from the pretentious intersectional jargon, how can you even tell the difference anymore?

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