THE Tories were accused of voter suppression today after thousands of people were stopped from taking part in the local elections due to not having voter ID.
Interim analysis from the Electoral Commission found that around 14,000 people did not vote after being unable to show an accepted form of photo ID during England’s local elections in May.
Commission officials said the data suggested “significantly more” people were likely to have not turned out because of the policy.
Craig Westwood, the independent watchdog’s director of communications, added there was “concerning” evidence that disabled and unemployed people were “more likely than other groups to give a reason related to ID for not voting.”
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