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Prisoners and Politics

Prisoners and Politics AUST & NZ JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY.(December 1978) 11 (193-194) 193 EDITORIAL It has recently been reported! that "the State Government [Victoria] has decided to allow them [prisoners] to vote for the electorate where they lived before their conviction" and "It is considered that electors in prison should retain their interest in the particular area with which they were associated and to which they may return ... " Rinaldi" has written: Except in Tasmania where the restrictions are even more rigid, a person sentenced to imprisonment for twelve months or more loses his right to vote whilst serving his sentence. . . . Several countries and some American States have eliminated all voting restrictions on prisoners, and I am unaware of any argument which can be advanced for retaining such restrictions in Australia. During the past year both South Australia and Victoria have announced that they intend to abolish all voting restrictions. It is, presumably, the technique of postal voting that would be used rather than "normal" voting or absentee voting for the reasons advanced by Rinaldi". That the State of Victoria (and South Australia) is prepared to enfranchise the prisoner population otherwise entitled to vote is a matter for http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology SAGE

Prisoners and Politics

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology , Volume 11 (4): 2 – Dec 1, 1978
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SAGE
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© The Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology and Authors, 1978
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0004-8658
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1837-9273
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10.1177/000486587801100401
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AUST & NZ JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY.(December 1978) 11 (193-194) 193 EDITORIAL It has recently been reported! that "the State Government [Victoria] has decided to allow them [prisoners] to vote for the electorate where they lived before their conviction" and "It is considered that electors in prison should retain their interest in the particular area with which they were associated and to which they may return ... " Rinaldi" has written: Except in Tasmania where the restrictions are even more rigid, a person sentenced to imprisonment for twelve months or more loses his right to vote whilst serving his sentence. . . . Several countries and some American States have eliminated all voting restrictions on prisoners, and I am unaware of any argument which can be advanced for retaining such restrictions in Australia. During the past year both South Australia and Victoria have announced that they intend to abolish all voting restrictions. It is, presumably, the technique of postal voting that would be used rather than "normal" voting or absentee voting for the reasons advanced by Rinaldi". That the State of Victoria (and South Australia) is prepared to enfranchise the prisoner population otherwise entitled to vote is a matter for

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Published: Dec 1, 1978

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