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  • How often is that required for most people? On the rare occasions it is needed, showing utility bills with your name and address, plus bank account details is enough.

    We've local elections coming up in a couple of months, and some Conservative authorities are 'trialling' having to have photo ID to prove who you are before you vote. It's clear what this is aimed to do - prevent those of low incomes, who can't afford to drive or travel, from voting.

  • having to have photo ID to prove who you are before you vote

    Hang on... You don't have this already??

  • Nope, you have a card that arrives in the post that you are meant to show when you vote. But most of the time that’s not required.

    Voter fraud in U.K. elections has not been a problem in living memory.

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