Council staff in England are “extremely concerned” about becoming bouncers at the ballot box when voters are forced to show photo ID to vote, according to a new report.
Election officials across English councils are worried they won’t be able to ensure a free and fair vote in May’s local elections - and could be forced to turn thousands away on polling day, a study by the Constitution Society reveals.
Next May’s local elections will be the first in England that people will have to bring photo ID, under a new law that critics have blasted as “voter suppression”.
