Absent Voting: Proof of Identity

(asked on 13th June 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how people who receive a postal or proxy vote will be able to apply for voter ID cards.


Answered by
Kemi Badenoch Portrait
Kemi Badenoch
President of the Board of Trade
This question was answered on 16th June 2022

The Government is committed to ensuring our democracy is secure, fair, modern and transparent.

The Elections Act 2022 has introduced a new requirement for voters to show photographic identification before voting in person in a polling station. Further details, as well as a list of other identification which will be accepted in polling stations, can be found in the government’s voter identification policy statement: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/voter-identification-at-polling-stations-and-the-new-voter-card.

Further details on implementation and commencement will be published in due course. The Government is committed to providing funding to councils, in line with the ‘new burden’ principles.

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