prisoners and the right to vote
prison, votes | (0)
For the record I am in favour of votes for prisoners but I don't think the vote of a convicted prisoner should ever count for more than my vote. Here is question 13 of the Government's consultation on prisoners' voting rights.Question 13. Do you have any other comments and suggestions on the proposals for implementing the Hirst (No. 2) judgment?[in a nutshell the judgement says you cannot have a blanket provisionthat stops all prisoners voting] My response to this part of the consultationGiven the UK's obligations with respect to human rights and in particular the Hirst (No. 2) judgement ...