{"id":2237648,"date":"2024-05-05T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/would-never-happen-in-usa-former-uk-prime-minister-boris-johnson-turned-away-from-polling-station\/"},"modified":"2024-05-05T13:03:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T17:03:07","slug":"would-never-happen-in-usa-former-uk-prime-minister-boris-johnson-turned-away-from-polling-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/would-never-happen-in-usa-former-uk-prime-minister-boris-johnson-turned-away-from-polling-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Denied Entry at US Polling Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwould-never-happen-in-usa-former-uk-prime-minister-boris-johnson-turned-away-from-polling-station%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2237648&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses how former\u200c UK \u2063Prime Minister Boris Johnson was \u2064turned away from a polling station for not having his photo ID during\u2064 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-files-lawsuit-to-overturn-fraudulent-election-in-georgia\/\" title=\"TRUMP CAMPAIGN Files Lawsuit to Overturn Fraudulent Election in Georgia\">local elections<\/a>. It contrasts this incident with the stricter voter ID laws\u2064 in the US, \u2064showcasing how\u2064 such a scenario is unlikely in America even \u200cthough some\u2063 states require ID for voting. The article highlights how\u2064 ex-UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was \u2062denied voting access due to lacking photo \u2063ID, contrasting the incident with the stricter US voter ID laws. It emphasizes\u200c the improbability of a similar situation in the US,\u2062 despite \u2062certain\u200c states mandating voter \u200didentification.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/%20\"><span>C. Douglas Golden<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 5, 2024 at 8:32am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>U.S. liberals have long hoped that America would be come a bit more like Europe. By that, they mean more secular, more internationalist, and less interested in God-given rights \u2014 particularly the right to bear arms.<\/p>\n<p>However, this is one way the American left likely won\u2019t want to imitate our brethren across the pond, even though we <em>should<\/em>: In England, even one of its most recognizable political figures wasn\u2019t able to cast a vote without his photo ID.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/uk-election-boris-johnson-photo-id-038bf7bf72c7490137ec921a5242a2ef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>, former U.K. Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/boris-johnson-putin-said-stopped-ukraine-russia-peace-deal-backs-tucker-carlson-interview-alleged-refusal-pay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boris Johnson<\/a> \u2014 in perhaps the most Boris Johnson thing that Boris Johnson has ever done \u2014 forgot his identification when showing up to vote in Thursday\u2019s local elections and was turned away by polling officials.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact that the floppy-haired controversy magnet \u2014 who helped Brexit succeed at the polls and later shepherded the country through its exit from the European Union, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-uks-johnson-defiant-even-opponents-tell-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">but resigned<\/a> in September 2022 amid a scandal about attending Tory-hosted parties that flouted the stringent COVID-19 social distancing regime he had subjected the United Kingdom to \u2014 is one of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sec-chairman-met-with-head-of-ftx-months-before-collapse\/\" title=\"SEC Chairman Met With Head of FTX Months Before Collapse\">recognizable figures<\/a> in all of the English-speaking world, South Oxfordshire officials said the former PM couldn\u2019t cast a ballot without proving his identity first.<\/p>\n<p>The AP noted that reports out of the U.K. indicated Johnson \u201cwas later able to cast his ballot and that he voted Conservative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohnson introduced the Elections Act requiring photo ID in 2022, and the new law was first implemented last year in local elections,\u201d the outlet noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Thursday was the first time large numbers of voters across England and Wales have had to present ID, such as a passport or driving license, to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, as with many things Johnson-related, it\u2019s difficult to say whether this was a carefully planned stunt or not. During his time as a journalist, member of Parliament, mayor of London and prime minister, Johnson meticulously crafted an image of the absent-minded professor: hair askew, mind somewhere else, yet always profoundly eloquent even as he hemmed and hawed like a man who\u2019d been caught off-guard.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, this was the reaction of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/boris-johnson-run-president-united-states-dont-rule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnson\u2019s<\/a> enemies (and indeed there still are many, as the Tories\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-politics-68957691\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dismal showing<\/a> in the local elections helped prove), who felt there was no way this was a coincidence:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">There\u2019s zero chance Boris Johnson \u201cforgot\u201d his ID.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a way to keep himself in the news.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a return to the \u201cHAHA SILLY BORIS WITH HIS FLPPYYY HAIR LOL WHAT A LEGERND\u201d schtick.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t work yourself into a shoot, brother. He\u2019s a manipulative snake and you\u2019re helping him.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ethan Lawrence (@EthanDLawrence) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EthanDLawrence\/status\/1786149414332977396?\">May 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Anyone who thinks Boris Johnson forgot his photo ID yesterday needs their head read.<\/p>\n<p>This was about making him the focus and getting some of the spotlight and attention yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Same as the unkempt hair and ridiculous cycling clothes.<\/p>\n<p>No attention is bad attention for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dermot Devlin he\/him (@castleDD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/castleDD\/status\/1786301127954231397?\">May 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Given the political leanings of the people behind accounts accusing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-biden-tells-completely-made-story-prime-minister-boris-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnson<\/a> of perhaps orchestrating a stunt, this is probably the only thing that I agree with them on, but here\u2019s the thing \u2014 stunt or not, he was <em>turned away<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Picture that happening to a former (or current) American politician of some stature, particularly a former head of state.<\/p>\n<p>As of 2024, 24 states have a requirement to show photo ID at the polls and another 11 have a requirement that voters show non-photo ID, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Voter_identification_laws_by_state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ballotpedia<\/a>. That\u2019s well over 50 percent of American states that require you to show some form of identification that proves you\u2019re able to vote in the jurisdiction where you\u2019re casting a ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Take the state of Texas, for instance. Here\u2019s how Ballotpedia describes the Lone Star State\u2019s voter ID process: \u201cTexas requires voters to present a form of photo identification at the polls. If a voter does not possess the required form of identification, poll workers must ask the voter whether he or she \u2018cannot obtain an acceptable form of photo ID.\u2019 If the voter answers \u2018yes\u2019 to this question, he or she can present a non-photo form of identification and complete a Reasonable Impediment Declaration. Upon doing so, the voter may cast a regular ballot. Some voters are exempt from the ID requirement. Voters who do not have a photo ID can obtain a Texas Election Identification Certificate (EIC) at any Texas driver\u2019s license office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, picture former President George W. Bush showing up at the polls without a photo ID. Again, the man colloquially known as \u201cDubya\u201d was, much like Johnson, a man who cultivated an image of being a little more mentally aloof than he really was.<\/p>\n<p>Could you see him showing up without ID for an election? It wouldn\u2019t surprise me. Could he say, without perjuring himself, that he \u201ccannot obtain an acceptable form of photo ID?\u201d No, of course not. Would he be turned away if he forgot his ID? No, of course not.<\/p>\n<p>Or, picture our current president, Joseph Robinette Biden, showing up to vote in Delaware without any ID. (Delaware only requires non-photo identification, but I think we can all agree our 46th chief executive is a man who <em>isn\u2019t<\/em> acting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rep-walorskis-mom-tells-biden-jackie-right-face-media-banned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">when he goes daffy<\/a>.) No poll worker would bother turning him away. They\u2019d simply guide him to the nearest open booth and remind him that he\u2019s the guy listed under the column that says \u201cDemocrat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s D-E-M-O \u2026 are you listening, Mr. President? Do you need an ice cream cone? Here\u2019s a double scoopy of chocky-wocky for you! Now, if you\u2019ll just follow me and go behind these curtains and flip the switches you\u2019re supposed to, you\u2019ll get <em>another<\/em> scoop, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In short, this would <em>never<\/em> happen in the U.S.-of-A., even with states having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-than-100-legislators-call-on-fda-to-enforce-safety-measures-for-chemical-abortions\/\" title=\"More Than 100 Legislators Call On FDA To Enforce Safety Measures For Chemical Abortions\">laws requiring<\/a> it. Yet, even the most basic voter ID requirements are blasted as discriminatory by the left.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should people be legally required to show an ID to vote?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You may remember, many outrage cycles ago, how a voter ID requirement in Georgia was decried as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joe-bidens-voting-rights-speech-incredibly-shameful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Crow 2.0<\/a>\u201d by Democrats and pressure was put on major corporations to boycott the state. In their failed attempt at federalizing voter regulations in 2021 and 2022, the White House and the left portrayed Republicans and moderate Democratic senators who refused to nuke the filibuster to pass the legislation as being on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-managed-rack-stunning-number-failures-week-got\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">side of the Confederacy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Never mind the fact that this is further evidence that Democrats will continue to infantilize minorities until it dawns upon them that maybe this is why they\u2019re seeing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-expands-lead-biden-new-poll-women-blacks-hispanics-jump-off-sinking-ship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diminishing returns among non-white voters<\/a>. If what they\u2019re saying is true, there are a whole lot of Jim Crow confederates still remaining in these United States \u2014 as much as eight in 10, according to a 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/403052\/eight-americans-favor-early-voting-photo-laws.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gallup<\/a> poll. This includes 53 percent of Democrats, 84 percent of independents, and 97 percent of Republicans. Furthermore, 77 percent of \u201cpeople of color\u201d support photo voter ID laws \u2014 only slightly less than the 80 percent of white respondents that did.<\/p>\n<p>For once, we\u2019re all pretty much in agreement: Let\u2019s be a bit more British.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not saying that we have to go overboard and pretend that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2021\/sep\/29\/jimmy-carr-on-booze-taxes-and-being-a-virgin-at-26-do-i-sound-like-an-incel-elder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jimmy Carr<\/a> is funny or that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/aoc-literally-thinks-successor-civil-rights-movement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gallagher brothers<\/a> are still relevant. However, making sure everyone \u2014 including former prime ministers immediately identifiable by their hair alone \u2014 presents photo ID before voting? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-helped-off-stage-puzzling-remark-regarding-deceased-queen-england\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">God Save the King<\/a>, baby.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. Will you help us fight? 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Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he&#8217;s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he&#8217;s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014. Aside from politics, he enjoys spending time with his wife, literature (especially British comic novels and modern Japanese lit), indie rock, coffee, Formula One and football (of both American and world varieties). <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Morristown, New Jersey <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  Catholic University of America <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English, Spanish <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  American Politics, World Politics, Culture <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary by C. Douglas Golden on May 5, 2024, 8:32 am: US liberals aspire for America to mirror Europe\u2014secular, internationalist, and less focused on God-given rights, like bearing arms. 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