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16/10/2013
Supreme Court Rejects Prisoners Voting Appeal
Court action brought by two prisoners calling for them to be allow to vote has been dismissed by the Supreme Court.
Under British law prisoners are not entitled to vote. Convicted murderers Peter Chester and George McGeoch challenged that arguing European Union rules provided a provision for prisoners right to vote.
The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals, a move welcomed by David Cameron, who said the ruling was "a great victory for common sense".
However, the European Court of Human Rights has previously told the UK that it must end the blanket ban on prisoner voting. A ruling that the government has conceded needs to be addressed.
It is understood that parliament is considering a change to the ban on prisoner voting.
(MH/CD)
Under British law prisoners are not entitled to vote. Convicted murderers Peter Chester and George McGeoch challenged that arguing European Union rules provided a provision for prisoners right to vote.
The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals, a move welcomed by David Cameron, who said the ruling was "a great victory for common sense".
However, the European Court of Human Rights has previously told the UK that it must end the blanket ban on prisoner voting. A ruling that the government has conceded needs to be addressed.
It is understood that parliament is considering a change to the ban on prisoner voting.
(MH/CD)
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