Voter ID Laws Potentially Disenfranchised Over 400,000 in UK Election
New poll suggests significant impact on minority communities and calls for reform
- Polling indicates 3.2% of voters were turned away due to lack of accepted ID.
- Extrapolated data suggests over 850,000 people may have been affected nationwide.
- Minority ethnic voters were more than twice as likely to be turned away than white voters.
- Critics argue the laws are discriminatory and call for their removal.
- Turnout for the election was the lowest in over two decades.
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