A voter ID law: Coming to an election near you? – Policy Options
August 20, 2024
Bill 20 could keep 50,000 eligible voters from voting in Alberta’s next municipal elections simply because they don’t have government-issued ID.
On the surface, requiring citizens to show identification before voting seems reasonable. Voters should have to prove who they are to cast a ballot.
This is why few people raised concerns when the former Harper federal government passed the Fair Elections Act in 2014, requiring government-issued ID. The federal Liberals repealed that law, but similar restrictions were imposed by the United Conservative Party (UCP) government in Alberta earlier this year.
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