Coughlan, Regina (on The Application of) v The Minister for The Cabinet Office: Admn 20 Mar 2019

Voter Identification Pilot Scheme within Act

The Minister had brought in a pilot testing scheme for local elections. It would require intending voters to provide evidence of identity. The claimant said that the scheme did not fall within the range of what was allowed under the 2003 Act.
Held: The claim failed. The phrase ‘how voting at elections is to take place’ in section 10(2)(a) of the 2000 Act, were quite broad enough on their natural meaning to include the element of the procedure to require demonstration of an entitlement to vote, including by proving identity, as part of a voting process.

Supperstone J
[2019] EWHC 641 (Admin), [2019] WLR(D) 173
Bailii, WLRD
Representation of the People Act 2000 10(2)(a)
England and Wales

Local Government, Elections

Updated: 02 November 2021; Ref: scu.635160