@RichardJMurphy
"Can we really claim to be a democracy when the government very clearly does not care if people can vote?"
This suggests some kind of negligence in the rollout but I'd argue this is the desired effect. Just as in the US when Republicans are disenfranchising minorities and the disabled, since-if they do vote they're probably not going to vote for the right. Ideally they'll be prevented from voting at all due to not having the correct ID.
Wen