Elections: Multiple Voting Debate
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Lord Geddes
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Elections: Multiple Voting
Lord Geddes Excerpts(2 years, 6 months ago)
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Lord Greenhalgh (Con)
This is something of a Groundhog Day Question, as we look back in time. As part of the Elections Act, we have introduced voter identification as a means of reducing electoral fraud.
Lord Geddes (Con)
My Lords, the original Question just referred to the word “elections”. Would my noble friend concur that it is entirely legitimate to vote more than once at a local election?
Lord Greenhalgh (Con)
Of course; to make it absolutely clear, where you pay council tax on two properties, you can vote legally in their local elections. Approximately 495,000 households can legitimately do so.