Ending felon disenfranchisement - What voting rights should prisoners have?    (published: 7/2005)

posted: 1/07/2005

Author(s): Sandey Fitzgerald (Macquarie University) Category: Felon disenfranchisement; Rights; - Audit paper download In this paper, Sandey Fitzgerald provides new evidence on when and how prisoners have been able to vote in the various Australian jurisdictions and the difficulty of regaining voting rights after sentences have been served. She also discusses the long-standing ideological divide on the issue.

Ending felon disenfranchisement in the United States: Litigation or legislation?    (published: 9/2004)

posted: 1/09/2004

Author(s): Richard L. Hasen ((Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA) Category: Felon disenfranchisement; - Audit paper; Electoral      (pages: 4)   download Following his recent study trip to Australia, electoral law specialist, Richard L. Hasen of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles reports on recent developments in felon disenfranchisement in the United States. See also Sandey Fitzgerald's audit paper 'Ending Felon Disenfranchisement - What Voting Rights Should Prisoners Have?'

The voting rights of prisoners    (published: 7/2004)

posted: 4/07/2004

Author(s): Brian Costar (Monash University) Category: Felon disenfranchisement; - Breaking news/external links http link Brian Costar of the School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University, argues in Australian Policy Online that in restricting the voting rights of prisoners, the Senate has undermined a fundamental democratic principle. Postscript: The Labor Party's amendment on prisoner franchise proved to be unworkable, requiring new legislation. Under the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Prisoner Voting and Other Measures) Act of August 2004 prisoners serving a sentence of three years or more will be disenfranchised. See also Rick Hasen's audit paper 'Ending Felon Disenfranchisement in the United States: Litigation or Legislation?'

Ghosts of the civil dead: Prisoner disenfranchisement    (published: 5/2003)

posted: 9/05/2003

Author(s): Graeme Orr (Griffith University) Category: Felon disenfranchisement; Electoral; - Audit paper download One significant group of Australian citizens is in large part excluded from voting. They are persons under sentence of imprisonment. The paper questions the various grounds advanced for this exclusion. It notes the recent decision by the Supreme Court of Canada to overturn prisoner disenfranchisement but concludes that prospects for reform in Australia are limited. See other papers on felon disenfranchisement

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