Polling scrutiny (From The Oxford Times)

• "I have acted as a poll clerk in a number of elections (local and general) over the past few years, and many people turn up with their polling card and ID in hand, bemused at the thought that they could do something as important as voting just by stating a name and a street address. One young lady, voting for the first time, was genuinely surprised that I didn't want to scrutinise her ID - she said that she couldn't access her gym class, her college common room or her local pub without having ID, and yet she could vote without. A strange (and peculiarly British?) thing?"
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