BBCNEWS Newsday June 4, 2024 22:10:00
One of the questions researchers will want answering is whether voter id has different impacts on different demographics. one criticism of the new rules from the opposition parties at westminster was that it would suppress turnout among ethnic minority voters. if we look at these figures we can see that sandwell with a 43% non—white population had by far the biggest refusal and no return rate of 0.64%. but of course, this is only partial data — we won't be able to spot any really useful trends until the electoral commission give us their report next month but differential impact will be so...