The Conservative Government has been accused of copying USA ‘voter suppression’ laws as plans to introduce mandatory photo ID for voting has been proposed. In The Queen’s Speech on Tuesday, the Government revealed plans to require photo identification before voting in elections. The proposal has been slammed by Labour party MPs in Berkshire. In a withering attack on the plan, Labour MP for Slough Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi said: “Copying the voter suppression techniques of the Republicans in the USA, which make it harder for ethnic minorities and poorer sections of American society to vote, the Tory Party is trying to stifle democracy here by forcing voters to get a photo ID.
The Conservative Government has been accused of copying USA ‘voter suppression’ laws as plans to introduce mandatory photo ID for voting has been proposed. In The Queen’s Speech on Tuesday, the Government revealed plans to require photo identification before voting in elections. The proposal has been slammed by Labour party MPs in Berkshire. In a withering attack on the plan, Labour MP for Slough Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi said: “Copying the voter suppression techniques of the Republicans in the USA, which make it harder for ethnic minorities and poorer sections of American society to vote, the Tory Party is trying to stifle democracy here by forcing voters to get a photo ID.
The Conservative Government has been accused of copying USA ‘voter suppression’ laws as plans to introduce mandatory photo ID for voting has been proposed. In The Queen’s Speech on Tuesday, the Government revealed plans to require photo identification before voting in elections. The proposal has been slammed by Labour party MPs in Berkshire. In a withering attack on the plan, Labour MP for Slough Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi said: “Copying the voter suppression techniques of the Republicans in the USA, which make it harder for ethnic minorities and poorer sections of American society to vote, the Tory Party is trying to stifle democracy here by forcing voters to get a photo ID.
The Conservative Government has been accused of copying USA ‘voter suppression’ laws as plans to introduce mandatory photo ID for voting has been proposed. In The Queen’s Speech on Tuesday, the Government revealed plans to require photo identification before voting in elections. The proposal has been slammed by Labour party MPs in Berkshire. In a withering attack on the plan, Labour MP for Slough Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi said: “Copying the voter suppression techniques of the Republicans in the USA, which make it harder for ethnic minorities and poorer sections of American society to vote, the Tory Party is trying to stifle democracy here by forcing voters to get a photo ID.