The introduction of photo identification to address the minuscule problem of voter fraud is a cynical ploy to disenfranchise large numbers of the electorate, undertaken by a government intent on manipulating circumstances for its advantage.
Those voters who are least likely to have photo evidence available are the ones that the government would least want to cast a vote. I understand that whilst I am able to brandish my senior bus pass as proof of identity, no such parallel opportunities are available to young voters. It is no coincidence that older voters, myself excluded, are likely to vote for the current party of government.
Yet again, we see a party using sleight of hand in a bid to maintain power at any cost. And so we erode our democracy and inch toward the kind of state beloved by autocrats the world over.
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