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April 23 2019

ID verification for council elections leave a third of Britons unable to vote

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As the government tests a scheme to avoid voter fraud, voters in ten areas of England will have to bring identity documents with them to the polling stations in next month’s council elections. In 2018, about 350 people in five areas of England were turned away from polling stations for not having the correct ID and did not return.

Although the rationale behind this may be justified, it may lead to the exclusion of the 17 per cent of UK residents who don’t have a passport[1] and the 31 per cent of Britons who don’t have a driving licence[2].

Zac Cohen, General Manager at Trulioo comments: “Building inclusive, vibrant democracies depends on the active engagement of all citizens in public life. Technology and reliable data sources offer alternate ways to identify and verify voters electronically. Just as ecommerce merchants today offer customers with multiple payment methods – such as credit cards, gift cards and online payment systems – governments can leverage technology to offer multiple ways for voters to verify their identity.”

Zac continues “94 per cent of adults in the UK have access to a mobile device[3], putting greater communications, information and connectivity power into the hands of billions. By layering mobile data with traditional data sources, organizations have access to independent and reliable sources to verify people without requiring passports or driver’s license.”

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