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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dave Burke

Nurse 'stopped from voting at end of long shift' as Tories told to scrap photo ID rules

Voter ID rules that saw a nurse among those turned away at polling stations must be scrapped, ministers have been told.

People casting their vote yesterday had to show photo identification for the first time - in a move critics described as a brazen voter suppression drive intended to benefit the Tories.

There were multiple reports of people being denied the right to vote, and of rows breaking out as staff tried to enforce the draconian rules.

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