Agreed, and probably the main aim of the change. It forces people to have a photo ID when they wouldn’t necessarily otherwise.
I don’t know if this is the case in other countries, but in the UK if you don’t drive and don’t require a passport then you wouldn’t naturally have a photo ID. Forcing people to choose between “volunteering” all their personal data and being allowed to vote is not an action of a benevolent democratic government.
Agreed, and probably the main aim of the change. It forces people to have a photo ID when they wouldn’t necessarily otherwise.
I don’t know if this is the case in other countries, but in the UK if you don’t drive and don’t require a passport then you wouldn’t naturally have a photo ID. Forcing people to choose between “volunteering” all their personal data and being allowed to vote is not an action of a benevolent democratic government.