Braintree resident plans legal challenge to mandatory voter ID

摘要

Ministers could face a fresh electoral challenge to their plans for mandatory photo ID at polling stations.Neil Coughlan, who lives in one of next year's 11 trial areas and says he has no photo ID, is crowdfunding for a legal challenge to the trial. Mr Coughlan lives in Braintree, one of four areas where voters will be asked to either show one form of photo ID or two forms of non-photo ID in May's local elections.