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Rishi Sunak told voter ID could swing council elections as 118,000 people demand U-turn

Campaigners warn that tens of thousands will find themselves locked out of next month's local elections by the controversial new measures

Daily Mirror

Texas considers bills criminalizing voter fraud despite no evidence

Experts say proposals are to ‘create political theater’ that will help lawmakers’ bids for re-election

The Guardian - US

Lib Dems question why young people cannot show same voter ID as older people

Party leader Sir Ed Davey said it could hint at ‘selfish interests’ behind the change in policy, with older people more likely to vote Tory.

The Independent UK

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Senior Tory calls for delay to new voter ID rules over discrimination fears

David Davis says new requirements could discriminate against ‘the poor and the old’

Evening Standard

Vote with your feet on 4 May – it may be the only way you can

Brief letters: Voter ID | Noise pollution | Crossword coincidences | Champagne for one | Tory maths

The Guardian - UK

The new voter ID rules explained

Polling stations across England are drafting in extra staff to help deal with the introduction of mandatory photographic voter ID at next month’s local elections.

The Week

May local elections: New voter ID system explained

New law means voters must show photo ID to cast their ballots in local elections

The Independent UK

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Voters to decide on possible changes to citizen-initiative process

Welcome to the Tuesday, April 18, Brew.

Ballotpedia

Editorial: Yet another scheme to make it harder to vote in Florida

Here we go again. Like the dogwoods that bloom every spring in Tallahassee, the Legislature’s annual obsession with making it harder to vote has returned — just as we all knew it would.

Tribune News Service

Voter ID will disenfranchise poor and marginalised people. Our best defence? Talk about it

If ministers won’t spread the word, we should do so ourselves, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

May local elections: South Gloucestershire Council dates and candidates list in full

This is the first time voters will need to bring formal ID to polling stations

Bristol Post

‘Fox News is in big trouble’: Trump’s warning to Murdoch

Donald Trump has urged Rupert Murdoch to embrace his false allegations of voter fraud if the media mogul testifies in the Fox News trial.

The New Daily

News briefs

Ohio murder rates far higher than NYC as state’s GOP Rep. Jim Jordan slams city’s crime woes

Tribune News Service

‘Use it or lose it’ bill that could strip inactive Texas voters’ registration advances

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate approved a “use it or lose it” voter bill Monday that could purge voters from registration rolls who skip two federal elections.

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Daily Mirror

Elections boss admits still 'unanswered questions' on Voter ID as fears of chaos at polls

Peter Stanyon, who is chief executive of the association of electoral administrators, admitted the upcoming local elections are unlikely to be delivered to the standard 'that everybody would want to achieve'

Ballotpedia

The race to be the next mayor of Philadelphia

Welcome to the Monday, April 17, Brew.

The Independent UK

Voter registrations rise as deadline arrives for local elections

Some 26,567 applications were made on April 14, the highest for a single day so far this year.

Tribune News Service

The GOP is making it harder for college students to vote

Republican lawmakers are making it harder for students to cast ballots where they attend school, after the GOP suffered stinging recent electoral losses largely because of an historic surge in turnout from younger voters backing Democrats.

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The Guardian - UK

Labour should be selling itself instead of attacking Rishi Sunak and his wife

Voters need to hear bold promises from the opposition rather than allegations and immature controversialism

Manchester Evening News

Local elections 2023 in Greater Manchester: Date, candidates, photo ID rules and how to vote

For the first time ever voters will need photo identification in order to cast their ballot

Wales Online

Council boss makes rap video to remind voters about new photo ID rules

He rapped as 'T-Dawg' for the reminder to voters to take photo ID to the polling station for May's elections

The Conversation

Voter ID: analysis shows Conservative MPs offering weak justification for law which is now in force

The UK government has changed the law so that people in England will have to show ID when they go to vote. This controversial new rule was brought in on the insistence that the “integrity of elections” needs to be protected. But it has the potential to prevent many people…

Daily Mirror

Council official 'T-Dawg' records wacky rap video to warn about new Voter ID rules

Trevor Holden of Broadland and South Norfolk councils bounces in the crab position and waves his hands around while wearing a bucket hat during the 56-second clip

Evening Standard

What are the voting requirements in the UK?

The change comes in addition to a new voting age of 16 years old.

The Independent UK

Council official ‘T-Dawg’ makes rap video in photo ID reminder for voters

The Government’s new policy means people must take a form of ID such as a passport or driving licence when they go to vote.

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