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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Sophie Huskisson

Exact number of Brits turned away at polling stations due to Voter ID will NEVER be known

The number of people turned away at polling stations because they do not have Voter ID will never be known, the elections watchdog has admitted.

People will be required to show photographic ID for the first time at polling stations on Thursday.

But the Electoral Commission has admitted it will “not be possible to accurately quantify” the impact of the new rules by counting who does or doesn’t have ID at the ballot box.

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