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"3 million people are estimated not to have official photo ID, with ethnic minorities more at risk". They will "have to contact their council to confirm their ID if they want to vote"
This is shameful legislation, that does nothing to tackle the problems with UK elections.THREAD
There is no evidence in-person voter fraud is a problem, and it wd be near-impossible to organise on an effective scale. Campaign finance violations, digital disinformation & manipulation of postal voting are bigger issues, but these are crimes of the powerful, not the powerless.
In a democracy, anything that makes it harder to vote - in particular, anything that disadvantages one group of voters - should face an extremely high bar. Compulsory voter ID takes a hammer to 3 million legitimate voters (disproportionately poor & BAME) to crack an imaginary nut
If the government is concerned about the purity of elections, it should reflect on its own conduct. In 2019 it circulated doctored news footage of an opponent, disguised its twitter feed as a fake fact-checking site, and ran adverts so dishonest that even Facebook took them down.
Britain's electoral law largely predates the internet. There is little serious regulation of online campaigning or the cash that pays for it. That allows unscrupulous campaigners to ignore much of the legal framework erected since the C19th to guard against electoral misconduct.
This is shameful legislation, that does nothing to tackle the problems with UK elections.THREAD
Millions of people do not have photo ID. By forcing through mandatory voter-ID the government risk disenfranchising millions of legitimate voters. https://t.co/y0Upzof2FI
— Electoral Reform Society (@electoralreform) February 17, 2021
There is no evidence in-person voter fraud is a problem, and it wd be near-impossible to organise on an effective scale. Campaign finance violations, digital disinformation & manipulation of postal voting are bigger issues, but these are crimes of the powerful, not the powerless.
In a democracy, anything that makes it harder to vote - in particular, anything that disadvantages one group of voters - should face an extremely high bar. Compulsory voter ID takes a hammer to 3 million legitimate voters (disproportionately poor & BAME) to crack an imaginary nut
If the government is concerned about the purity of elections, it should reflect on its own conduct. In 2019 it circulated doctored news footage of an opponent, disguised its twitter feed as a fake fact-checking site, and ran adverts so dishonest that even Facebook took them down.
Britain's electoral law largely predates the internet. There is little serious regulation of online campaigning or the cash that pays for it. That allows unscrupulous campaigners to ignore much of the legal framework erected since the C19th to guard against electoral misconduct.
Data analysis is key:
Time stamp 42:12
Weighted Election Race Feature available since 2001 and believed to be in all voting machines
Algorithm transfers a % of votes from 1 candidate to another. The % is a āweightedā decimal value.
Time stamp 42:12
Weighted Election Race Feature available since 2001 and believed to be in all voting machines
Algorithm transfers a % of votes from 1 candidate to another. The % is a āweightedā decimal value.
Dr.SHIVA LIVE: MIT PhD Analysis of Michigan Votes Reveals Unfortunate Truth of U.S. Voting Systems. https://t.co/82bbFj5yO9
— Dr.SHIVA Ayyadurai, MIT PhD. Inventor of Email (@va_shiva) November 10, 2020
The White House will be won or lost in these eight battleground states ā and Biden is leading in all but one https://t.co/rtXPTpdbnr
In Arizona, Trumpās handling of the pandemic is proving costly, leaving him struggling to match his 2016 performance among those over the age of 65 https://t.co/TTHvr8Sclg
Republicans typically hold a slight edge in absentee ballot returns in Florida elections. But this year, for the first time ever at this stage of a general election, Democrats here are outvoting Republicans ā and by a huge margin https://t.co/BCsVccVn1Y
Most of the attention in Georgia this year is directed toward Atlantaās populous suburbs, which have turned hard against Republicans in the Trump era, But the outcome might come down to a less scrutinized force in this state: white rural voters https://t.co/2W17tsDVyf
All three Rust Belt states that Trump improbably won in 2016 ā Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin ā are problematic for the president this year. But Michigan is where things look bleakest. https://t.co/aQo6KIQZVH

In Arizona, Trumpās handling of the pandemic is proving costly, leaving him struggling to match his 2016 performance among those over the age of 65 https://t.co/TTHvr8Sclg

Republicans typically hold a slight edge in absentee ballot returns in Florida elections. But this year, for the first time ever at this stage of a general election, Democrats here are outvoting Republicans ā and by a huge margin https://t.co/BCsVccVn1Y

Most of the attention in Georgia this year is directed toward Atlantaās populous suburbs, which have turned hard against Republicans in the Trump era, But the outcome might come down to a less scrutinized force in this state: white rural voters https://t.co/2W17tsDVyf

All three Rust Belt states that Trump improbably won in 2016 ā Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin ā are problematic for the president this year. But Michigan is where things look bleakest. https://t.co/aQo6KIQZVH

Compilation of testimony, election rigging #StopTheSteal
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— KELLY CURRIE STOP THE STEAL (@currie14_kelly) December 5, 2020
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