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I'm starting to repeat myself so I won't say anything after this: What it comes down to is that both sides of the argument are sincere and trying to improve our democracy, or fall into line with other European countries. (An article in the Washington Examiner...

Again, what’s your evidence for the reason it was introduced? You refuse to address that and you’ve also not said what sort of evidence of 'there is little/no voter fraud' would satisfy you. If anecdotal evidence is acceptable I’ve submitted my confession above. How many people are both keen...

I’m very sceptical about the US voting system in general (primaries and punching cards etc seem like madness), and much prefer to look at European models. A bit like healthcare provision. I’ve found European models very good compared with the broken NHS but opponents only ever want to use the US...

Well I’m not a Tory, that’s for sure, but I find it hard to explain why showing ID should be a bad thing when it’s so common elsewhere. When I lived abroad I voted in a local election (wasn’t allowed to vote in national) and had to produce ID. Didn’t seem like a big deal.

That’s the narrative of those opposed to it, and I understand why you want to think it — though I suspect you’ve no evidence for it. If you’re one of the small minority without photo ID why not simply vote by post? As with a lot of contentious issues it’s useful to look at what other countries...

I have no problem with the principle of showing ID —why would I? — though there were some anomalies that need ironing out eg accepting certain types of photo ID but not others that seemed equivalent. In the May elections, the BBC monitored a couple of polling stations in Essex if i remember...