Voters across the country will have to show identification such as driving licences or passports before casting their ballot, under plans to be unveiled in the Queen’s Speech.
Ministers are planning to introduce a legal requirement for voters to produce photographic ID, in order to safeguard against electoral fraud.
A new Electoral Integrity Bill will also limit the number of relatives for whom anyone can act as a proxy, and outlaw the “harvesting” of postal ballots by political parties and activists.
The proposed roll-out of a requirement for photo ID is likely to be opposed by Labour, which claimed that a series of pilot schemes resulted in some people being unable to vote and were a “blatant attempt to suppress voting.”
A Government source said: “A secure electoral system is vital. By changing the law to require voters to show some ID, as they do in many other daily activities, and taking steps to cut down proxy and postal voter fraud, we can ensure that everyone’s vote counts and strengthen public trust in our democracy.”
Sources said voters without the required documentation would be able to apply for a free “electoral ID” from their local council.
A previous report by Sir Eric Pickles stated that voter fraud was rampant within the Bangladeshi community and this was extremely apparent within the Tower Hamlets ward. Likewise The Peterborough by-election saw major accusations of postal vote fraud when convicted electoral fraudster Tariq Mahmood was seen campaigning with Jeremy Corbyn.
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