Michael Gove to change rules so war heroes can use veterans ID card to vote The top Tory is having second thoughts after MPs reacted with fury at the cards being left off the list of essential photo ID ‘I understand the need’: Centre Alliance could offer crucial support for Coalition’s controversial voter ID lawsSenator Stirling Griff says he is ‘generally supportive’ of proposal, which Labor and the Greens fiercely oppose Government accused of importing 'Trump's America' with proposed voter ID lawsThe bill introduced to federal parliament is an attempt to crack down on voter fraud, which the Australian electoral commission has described as "vanishingly small". Government rejects criticism voter ID law would amount to 'Jim Crow' segregationFinance Minister Simon Birmingham has told a Senate estimates hearing the measure was being considered as a means of improving "public confidence" in the electoral system. Proposed voter ID laws ‘real threat’ to rights of Indigenous Australians and people without homesCoalition intends to introduce voter identification legislation to crack down on alleged voter fraud despite evidence risk is ‘vanishingly small’ Voters will be asked to show identification to vote under Morrison government proposalLabor spokesperson says party will fiercely oppose any ‘anti-democratic thought bubbles’ in the bill