UK Polling Clerks Struggle to Spot Fake IDs, Study Reveals

2/6/26
ELECTIONS
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Polling clerks operating during the UK’s first mandatory voter ID election made mistakes in 36% of cases when tested with real ID documents, according to the research. Even on a simpler test comparing high-quality photos taken seconds apart, the clerks made errors 16% of the time.

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