Barcodes to be trialled at the ballot box in a bid to fight election fraud

Thousands of voters will have to show picture ID before voting, while others will have a barcode on their polling card in a Government bid to tackle electoral fraud. Ministers recently revealed the areas where people will have to prove who they are in order to exercise their democratic right at next May’s local elections. It comes after the elections watchdog said fraud through voter impersonation more than doubled between 2014 and 2016.