Labour metro mayors liken ID photo rules to US ‘voter suppression tactics’

Labour metro mayors liken ID photo rules to US ‘voter suppression tactics’

Mayors say ‘cynical’ changes to ID requirements risk disenfranchising thousands of voters at local elections

Thousands of voters in the May local elections are at risk of being disenfranchised because of “cynical” rule changes that make photo ID compulsory, Labour’s metro mayors argue.

Mayors including Sadiq Khan in London, Tracy Brabin in West Yorkshire and Andy Burnham in Greater Manchester have come together to raise awareness of changes they say are a “brazen assault on our democracy”.

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