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Boris Johnson misled Parliament, study says
Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was turned distant from his section polling position Thursday arsenic he grounded bring pinch him photograph identification, which is required nether a comparatively caller rule introduced by his authorities 2 years ago.
Polling position unit successful Johnson's constituency of South Oxfordshire were forced to move nan erstwhile Conservative statement main distant arsenic Johnson attempted to formed his ballot successful section elections, arsenic first reported by nan U.K.'s Sky News.
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a resignation connection successful beforehand of 10 Downing Street successful cardinal London connected July 7, 2022.
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Johnson later returned pinch nan basal ID to formed his vote, according to Sky.
Johnson has not publically commented connected nan incident. The past station connected his X account, published arsenic voting began Thursday successful a number of section and location elections astir nan U.K., read: "The polls are now open. Vote Conservative today!"
Under The Election Act, authorities that passed into rule successful 2022 nether Johnson's government, British voters are required to show an accepted shape of photograph ID astatine polling stations.
Critics of nan rule person said nan authorities makes it much difficult for group to ballot and will enactment arsenic a shape of elector suppression.
A spokesperson for Britain's Electoral Commission said aft polls closed connected Thursday nighttime that "a number of caller measures from nan Elections Act were successful unit astatine these elections, including elector ID for nan first clip successful Wales and parts of England. The electoral organization has been moving difficult to hole voters for these changes. Most voters who wanted to ballot were capable to do so."
"Our first appraisal of nan elections is that they were well-run, and millions of voters were capable to workout their antiauthoritarian rights," nan spokesperson said.
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