#voter id?

[generalelectionmusings]

Reminder: If you have no voter ID, apply for a postal vote.

[hereswhere]

[godisarepublican]

[trochaic-mutant-ninja-tetrameter]

"Check your voter registration"

Because we apparently have only 34 days until the US election

https://www.270towin.com/2024-countdown-clock/

🎶Even if you're signed up! Double-check it!🎵

[263adder]

Don't Lose Your Vote! UK Edition

Update: Tuesday 18th June 2024 is the deadline to register to vote for the general election.

A snap general election could be called any day. This will be the first general election that requires photo ID if you vote at the polls (postal votes 📫 are unaffected by the Election Act 2022).

If you don't have an approved form of identification (list here), you can apply for a FREE voter ID photo card. Find out more below or use these 5 minutes to register and get your ID sorted instead ❎ because, and this is important to know, the government really doesn't want young people to vote.

The Explanation

Rishi Sunak, UK Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party, may call a snap election in 2023. (A snap election is a vote brought in earlier ⏱ than the one that’s scheduled 🕐) The UK’s next general election (for MPs and the PM) is meant to happen between December 2024 and January 2025.

A snap election happens in as little as 25 days 😨 between the announcement (aka the PM asking the House of Commons’ to approve the dissolution of Parliament) and the vote 🏃‍♀️

You must be registered to vote - currently over 8 million people are not. Unlike other a democratic countries, the UK doesn’t automatically register all eligible voters. You have to do this yourself. Here’s a quick reminder of how to register:

Over the past 15 years, it has gotten harder for British citizens to vote:

Families can no longer register to vote as a household 🏡 so young voters must register themselves (Cameron Govt)

Colleges and universities are barred from registering students 👨‍🎓 (Cameron Govt)

The Elections Act requires photo ID 🤳 for anyone voting in person (Johnson Govt)

Local elections (for city and town governments) in 2023 were the first votes that required VOTER ID. According to the Electoral Commission, over 14,000 people were turned away from the polls because they had not heard about the change.

The House of Lords tried to amend the Elections Act before it passed, to include more common types of ID, such as bank statements, bills, student ID, library cards and much more. This amendment was struck down in the House of Commons. A lot of the IDs included in the approved list are more likely to be owned by older voters than younger ones. For example, a 60+ Oyster Card is acceptable ID but an 18+ Oyster Card is not.

Here’s the important thing to know: voters who don’t have a driving licence or passport or other approved forms of ID, can apply for a free voter ID photo card. Watch the video below to find out how!

And finally, please, for the love of our democracy, vote.

"Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it's something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles." Abbie Hoffman

[dosesofcommonsense]

[airasilver]

Why are people so against voter ID?

We literally use our license for everything. Alcohol, cigarettes, getting into clubs, buying stuff, driving, and you even need it to get a job!

Whether it’s a drivers license or a photo ID we use it for everything but people are against using it for voting? Why?

If you answer I’d like an actual answer besides that it makes it easier for illegal voting.

[sawbuckplus]

[reality-detective]

Droves of Somali illegal immigrants in line to get a driver’s license at 1955 N. Federal Highway in Pompano Beach, Florida 🤔

[whenweallvote]

About 29 million Americans live in a state that passed new or stricter voter ID laws after the 2020 election — and every state has different voter ID requirements. 🪪 

Make sure you know YOUR state’s voter ID rules before you head to the polls. 

Swipe to learn more with us and our partners at VoteRiders, and check your state’s laws at WeAll.Vote/voterID. 🗳️

[couch-house]

OMEGA NATION RISE... WHERE WOULD TEAM DARK BE WITHOUT THEIR BEST MOST MURDEROUS MEMBER???

VOTE HERE!!! AND ALSO HERE (TWITTER VERSION) @fernsnailz

[godisarepublican]

[generalelectionmusings]

I can picture the scene…

“Don’t you know who I am, I was Prime Minister, don’t ya know. This is preposterous”

[ahamay79]

Now we know why Democrats hate voter ID laws.

[ceevee5]

“In a society where there is no ID-card system, requiring voters to prove their identities to solve a non-existent problem and using a narrow range of documentation is deliberately designed to stop poorer voters accessing their democratic rights.”