Veteran's ID card not valid
Minister ‘sorry’ as veterans find ID card not valid for English elections https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/02/minister-sorry-as-veterans-find-id-card-not-valid-for-english-elections?CMP=share_btn_url
7 accusations of voting fraud at polling stations at the last GE. None upheld.
Estimates of 900,000 to 2,000,000 without suitable ID.
Take up of the new ID 89,502.
(Figures from The Financial Times)
House of Lords pushed for Student ID and young persons railcard to be added to the list...
That famously left wing publication The Financial Times sums this issue up very nicely.
https://www.ft.com/content/21545d1d-90a6-459a-8494-87fe74ff1c99