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17 Sep 2011

Government plans could disenfranchise millions, say political reformers

The rights group Unlock Democracy has criticised the UK government's proposals to remove the legal duty for people to register to vote.
10 Feb 2011

Votes for prisoners
10 Feb 2011

MPs 'shameful' in opposing prisoners' voting rights

Prison reformers have expressed dismay at the determination of the majority of Westminster MPs to defy a legal ruling against the ban on prisoners voting.
2 Nov 2010

Prisoners to get the vote after landmark European ruling

Democracy and penal reform campaigners have warmly welcomed the news that thousands of prisoners in the UK are to get the right to vote.