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>>Whatever the problem in the US is, it can be fixed without photo ID.

This is true, Photo ID is not the only way to improve Election Security, but many US states do not have assigned Polling Stations anymore, these open polling stations methods need something more than just poling card, plus there is early voting as well.

Also the UK has other methods of verification done at the time of registration that do not occur in the States, US Voter rolls are infamously insecure, outdated and have all kinds of issues, UK seems to secure their election on registration side instead of the voting site

US does not do either, and any attempt to add security either during registration or on voting day is attributed to racism or classism or some other bigotry




>US does not do either, and any attempt to add security either during registration or on voting day is attributed to racism or classism or some other bigotry

The US already has a registration system. The information just need to be current and the system designed in such a way where a registered person can only vote once (which is not what campaigners are against).

Over here, the local council sends you a letter regularly for you to update your details in the electoral register. If you don't respond then you are not registered to vote in upcoming elections.

They send you a poll card which tell you where to go vote. If you don't have your poll card you can still vote by turning up at the correct polling station. You can't vote at another station.

You have to provide your name and address and they will look you up on the electoral register. If the staff suspect you are fraudulent, they will call the police. After you are provided with a ballot, they cross you name out from the list so that it can't be reused.

There are a small number of cases of error or fraud is very low as you need a lot of information on a large scale over a large area across many polling stations to do meaningful election fraud undetected.


Honestly, UK also has problems with mail voting fraud. It comes up every election. It has not, yet, boiled over into this kind of problem, but clearly, the UK should not be complacent about that. People need a high degree of trust in the system for it to work.




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