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Bill: The Voting Rights of Criminals.
Details
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: February 3836
Description[?]:
| Currently, criminals released from jail are allowed to vote. However we believe we should change the legislation to criminals released from jail are allowed to vote after a certain period of time. We believe that this is certainly he right thing to do. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Voting rights of criminals.
Old value:: Criminals released from jail are allowed to vote.
Current: Criminals released from jail are allowed to vote.
Proposed: Criminals released from jail are allowed to vote after a certain period of time.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:53:56, April 23, 2015 CET | From | Forward | To | Debating the The Voting Rights of Criminals. |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We here at Arch can fully support this bill. I yield |
| Date | 11:45:23, April 24, 2015 CET | From | Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the The Voting Rights of Criminals. |
| Message | Mr Speaker, Even prisoners are citizens, especially after their release. I yield |
| Date | 18:22:35, April 24, 2015 CET | From | Choice | To | Debating the The Voting Rights of Criminals. |
| Message | But some "citizens" after release from prison may still re-offend and thus we don't want those kind of people voting. This is why we think there should be a time limit after release. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 19 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 57 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 29 |
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| Random quote: "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong." - Voltaire |