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Voter ID in England led to racial and disability discrimination, report finds
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2023
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I don't understand what the problem is. A lot of countries require an ID to vote, that's normal practice. Why is British public such snowflakes about it?
The fact that "Voter ID in England led to racial and disability discrimination".
Maybe read the article?
What discrimination? Every citizen should have a passport. That's how it works in every developed country!
If passports were given out for free then sure, but they're really fucking expensive. Mine expired years ago, but since I can't afford to travel anyway I'm hardly going to scrape together the £80+ for a new one.
Yeah, Britain is very weird. How do you even live without a passport? No wonder Britain has plenty of identity theft going on...