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A former soldier mentioned he was left “gutted” in the present day when he was denied a vote on the polling station, as his Veteran ID was turned down as a sound type of photograph identification.
Underneath the Tory authorities’s new draconian voter ID guidelines, his photograph ID didn’t qualify as a sound doc required to be able to solid a vote within the native elections in the present day.
Former soldier Adam Diver wrote on X: “I’m not one for complaining however I’m gutted! I spent 27 years within the Military and in the present day I used to be going to vote in my native elections.
“I used to be sadly turned away on the door as my Veteran ID was not allowed as formal ID.
“I shall be preventing for this “particular ID” to be “extra” formal.”
The Electoral Reform Society mentioned the case confirmed the “arbitrary nature of voter ID guidelines” by which the federal government will get to determine what counts, and what doesn’t.
Tory MP Johnny Mercer replied to the veteran with an apology and mentioned he’d attempt to replace the record of legitimate IDs earlier than the overall election.
The MP for Plymouth Moor View mentioned: “I’m sorry about this. The laws on acceptable types of ID got here out earlier than the veterans ID playing cards began popping out in January this 12 months. I’ll do all I can to vary it earlier than the following one.”
Nonetheless his apology for a problem, which occurred due the brand new necessities that he voted for, has been slated as commentators highlighted the irony. Labour councillor Martin Abrams responded on X that “Tories disenfranchising armed forces veterans is peak Tory.”
One other X consumer wrote: “Sorry? You ought to be ashamed.
“This can be a direct (and predictable) consequence of your get together arbitrarily introducing superfluous laws to handle one thing that was by no means a real concern. Voter suppression.”
Labour MP for Vauxhall Florence Eshalomi mentioned: “Nicely perhaps in case your Authorities didn’t introduce Voter ID individuals wouldn’t lose their democratic proper to take part in elections.”
One other X consumer responded: “What occurs if you introduce pointless laws.”
It comes after Tory MP Tom Hunt was left begging local members in his constituency for assist to behave as his’ emergency proxy’, after realising he lacked the suitable type of identification forward of the native elections in the present day.
(Picture credit score: Coventry Metropolis Council)
Hannah Davenport is information reporter at Left Foot Ahead
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