Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was turned away from voting on Thursday after forgetting to bring a photo ID, a stipulation from a law that he introduced in 2022.
Johnson was initially denied in South Oxfordshire, where he was attempting to vote in a police and crime commissioner election. Johnson later returned with proper identification and was able to cast his vote, Sky News first reported.
"Mr. Johnson voted Conservative," a spokesman for Johnson told media outlets, including The Guardian.
The stipulation was part of Johnson's Elections Act law that rolled out for the first time last May. The law requires a photo ID to vote. It has been reported that 14,000 people were unable to vote last year as a result of the new law.
Johnson resigned as prime minister in June 2022 and gave up his parliamentary seat in June 2023.
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