Saturday, May 4, 2024 -Former UK prime minister, Boris Johnson was turned away from a polling station while trying to vote in the United Kingdom’s local elections after forgetting to bring his photo ID – a requirement Johnson introduced while prime minister.
Polling station staff were forced to turn
Johnson away as he tried to cast his ballot in South Oxfordshire on Thursday,
May 2, PA media reported.
Johnson returned later with the ID and was
able to vote.
New rules requiring photo ID to vote were
introduced by Johnson’s Conservative government in the Elections Act 2022.
The law was widely criticized when it was
introduced. The UK’s Electoral Commission warned in 2023 that the law could
exclude hundreds of thousands of people from voting and particularly impact the
unemployed or members of ethnic minorities.
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