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Australia prisoners voting rights reinstatement ruling [Australia HC] News
Australia prisoners voting rights reinstatement ruling [Australia HC]
August 30, 2007 11:00:00 am

Vickie Lee Roach v. Electoral Commissioner and Commonwealth of Australia, High Court of Australia, August 30, 2007 [strucking down a 2006 amendment to Australia's Commonwealth Electoral Act that took voting rights away from all prisoners regardless of the length of their sentence]. Read the full text of the order [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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