"Every British citizen will soon have to sign a form or show identification before they can vote, the Government has announced.
In an historic shift, which comes after years of campaigning by the Electoral Commission and The Times, the Government finally agreed yesterday to end the system whereby one person in each household names all those eligible to vote in their property.
Voters will be allowed to register individually on the electoral roll from the autumn of 2010 by either signing a form or providing identification. Household registration will still be an option until the autumn of 2015, when individual registration will become compulsory if it is given approval by the Electoral Commission. "
The timing is interesting, it is too late for the next general election, should we even be allowed one, and not even compulsory until after the one after that.
As I have said before, the next general election (should we be allowed one) will be the most corrupt in recent years - postal voting fraud will be be even more widespread than in 2005, personation will be rife and following the lead set in the recent US presidential election you can expect more voter intimidation and polling booth pressure. All of the above is without considering actual vote rigging in certain seats. Some Labour activists will fight dirtier in the next election that you may consider even possible.
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I am looking forward to the coming local elections. I am hoping for major protest voting in favour of smaller parties. I don't think it will jolt the mainstream parties into responding to the concerns of their electorate, but it is the start we need to fight for our liberties and freedoms.
You are also wise to consider whether we will get our election as planned. The CCA gives Brown an avenue to cling to power, should anything ugly happen in the country.
There are plenty of possible sources for this, whether it is simply civil unrest, terrorist attacks of the summer of discontent that some have been warning about.
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