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A senior Church of England bishop has raised serious concerns about new election laws that he believes could adversely impact "the poorest and the most marginalised."
The Bishop of St Albans, Alan Smith, has spoken out against new regulations that mean voters will have to bring photo ID with them when they come to the polling stations. The new rules come into force at local elections in May.
Bishop Smith, who convenes the CofE bishops sitting in the UK's House of Lords, said: "All the evidence suggests that this is likely adversely to affect the poorest and the most marginalised.
"If you're struggling to make ends meet, and you're working long hours, to have to go and get another form of identity if you haven't got one readily at hand...it's much more likely to mean that people may say, 'It's just too difficult.'
"We already have a problem getting people out to the ballot boxes, so why make it more difficult?" CT.
Blogger: as you pick through your daily copy of The Guardian or similar - you will obviously have gained precious little actual knowledge about the election frauds which have been regularly taking place in parliamentary constituencies. Once you have bothered to verify these - interestingly often amongst specific, non-Christian, ethnic groups - you will no doubt want to change your tune. Or maybe not.
Why, why, why should there not be a simple proof of identity to prevent electoral fraud? Your waffle has most emphatically failed to answer this vital question!
