New voter ID requirements will have a "major impact" on a key Westminster by-election in Scotland, a campaign group has warned.
While they apply to Westminster votes and English local elections, the rules will not be used in Holyrood ballots or Scottish local elections.
fuck you westMonster
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-66796574
@ecksmc @LindaGoodliffe
In the US, it tends to prevent elderly Black voters who were born in the rural south. Recordkeeping for their birth certificates was very haphazard. The midwife would just drop by the county seat once a month and everyone's birth certificate would be recorded that date. Poor people didn't dare try to vote back then.
It also affects poor people who have to move due to home fires or evictions, as their personal papers get lost during moves.
@AlphaCentauri @ecksmc We need the next Congress to put an end to this. 🤬
@ecksmc Well, I hope the Tories will be disappointed. 🤬🤬
@LindaGoodliffe well this specific thing is a UK rule for votes for westminster elections
Scotland really doesn't have a say in that we have to follow the law if we want to vote in they elections and all scottish elections won't require IDs
Tories are counting on folk not voting so they can win seats from SNP