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Re:The End of Britain's Weeks-Long General Elections by DonaldFisk on Saturday February 17, 2024 @02:12PM (#39412424)
There's no British ID card, and some people have no photographic identification (passport, driving licence) or don't routinely carry any. Also, voter ID fraud very rarely happens, and is detectable when it does happen - when you vote, the ask for your name and address. Voter ID was recently introduced and now many people are turned away without being able to vote - which is far more likely to change the result of an election than ID fraud.
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Re:The End of Britain's Weeks-Long General Elections by bakuninsbart on Saturday February 17, 2024 @04:13PM (#39413607)
Being Germans, the idea of someone not being able to identify themselves is inconceivable, worse even; illegal.

Of course this precludes many homeless people from voting, and often from receiving other services, but order must be held in higher regards than compassion.

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Re:The End of Britain's Weeks-Long General Elections by bobsmooth on Saturday February 17, 2024 @07:42PM (#39414960)
>order must be held in higher regards than compassion

This is the most German statement I have ever heard.

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Re:The End of Britain's Weeks-Long General Elections by KingOfCoders on Sunday February 18, 2024 @12:55AM (#39416578)
"but order must be held in higher regards than compassion."

Don't project.

Having helped homeless people and seeing many people help homeless people in Germany, I don't think I have ever heard a more stereo typing comment on Hackernews.

And if you're German (or somewhere else), I hope you have given to causes for the homeless, or organized something on your own, because talk is cheap.

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Re:The End of Britain's Weeks-Long General Elections by zabzonk on Saturday February 17, 2024 @07:51PM (#39415017)
> Voter ID was recently introduced

really, just conservative gerrymandering.

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Re:The End of Britain's Weeks-Long General Elections by TechnicalVault on Saturday February 17, 2024 @08:19PM (#39415204)
The irony was that it was a footgun move for them given their demographics. Most young people of voting age are likely to have a driving license, if only so that they can drink. Unfortunately for the Conservatives these folks are unlikely to vote for them. Many old people, on the other hand have no current driving license or passport and are unlikely to carry their expired ID around with them. These were conservative voters, but two trips to the polling both may be a bit much for them.
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