Voter Identification

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 1:15 pm on 21 February 2023.

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Photo of Marsha de Cordova Marsha de Cordova Labour, Battersea 1:15, 21 February 2023

The Government were warned that their voter ID scheme would disenfranchise many people, and specifically disabled people. The Royal National Institute of Blind People’s tracker survey found that 13% of blind and partially sighted people have no photographic ID. We know that not much additional resource is going into local authorities, so would it not make sense for the Government to invest significantly in making voting accessible and inclusive for everybody, including blind and partially sighted people?