Activists Instructed to Withhold Voter ID Law Information in Elections – Guido Fawkes

THE GREEN PARTY FILES: Activists Instructed to Withhold Voter ID Law Information in Elections

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Guido can reveal Green Party activists were instructed not to tell swathes of voters whom they encounter that they will need ID to vote in a general election. A chilling attempt to undermine democratic standards…

Internal party documents uploaded to the internet – and revealed in Guido’s GREEN FILES project – include guidance to activists. One relates to what to do now that voter ID legislation is in place, which it has been since May 2023.  Activists are instructed only to inform “Green voters (1’s and 2’s) that Photo ID will be needed this election.” They are also told to increase postal voting among Greens and instructing those same likely supporters in a letter and in their canvassing script that they will need ID. Activists are also given a list of “Dont’s”…

Those are:

• “Don’t run a publicity campaign in your newsletters about the need for ID or a postal voter drive. This will remind other political parties to vote using their ID. We want to make sure our own voters get out and voter with the correct ID.
• “Don’t include it on your calling cards, we don’t want to remind everyone.“
• “Don’t include in your scripts the need for ID for all voters, e.g. Hard conservatives C4-C5 or Labour L4-L5.”

With the moral dubiousness in mind the Green executive hilariously includes a convoluted justification for this titled: “Isn’t it anti democratic not to tell everyone about this change?“:

“Campaigning against voter ID in a local campaign isn’t going to change the legislation. But when we win more local elections, our party policies get heard more on the national stage. The best way to fight against this is therefore to make sure we win, not to try and run an awareness campaign in a local ward (others will do that anyway).”

The national party of course campaigned stridently against the legislation on vaunted woke grounds. Not past a bit of classic electoral skullduggery…