Introduction A voting right can be defined as a special right that is given to a common shareholder for purposes of voting in person or by proxy on the affairs of a nation. Voting rights differ from one country to the other and the people who are eligible to vote in different countries vary1. The variations are brought about by different Acts that are developed by legislators from different countries in different geographic locations. As such, it is always good to have the idea on how the developed Acts define the group of people who are eligible to voting over a specified region in a specified time period 2.
Voting rights in UK There are different specifications that have been put in the UK to define those who can vote and those who cannot …show more content…
Even though remand prisoners; those prisoners who are not convicted as well as civil prisoners are eligible to vote as long as they are on the electoral register 3. Any of the individuals who is found guilty within the last five years of any corrupt dealings or being involved in illegal practices is also not eligible to voting in the country. Despite not being eligible to vote, several instruments have been developed by different authorities to deal differently with how prisoners are supposed to vote 4. As such, this paper will focus its attention on how different authorities have gone through the issue of prisoner voting …show more content…
The Act came into full force in the United Kingdom in the month of October in the year 2000. The human rights act of 1998 is made up by a series of sections that have the impact of codifying the protections in the European Convention on Human Rights into law in the United Kingdom. As such, each of the public bodies including courts, hospitals, local governments and publicly funded schools among others are bound to comply with the convention rights by all means 5. The translation of this is that, among the many things that people can do, they are also allowed to take cases related to human rights in domestic courts without having to seek for solutions in the larger courts. Generally, the Act is made to set out the fundamental freedoms and rights that people in the United Kingdom can
Voting rights in UK There are different specifications that have been put in the UK to define those who can vote and those who cannot …show more content…
Even though remand prisoners; those prisoners who are not convicted as well as civil prisoners are eligible to vote as long as they are on the electoral register 3. Any of the individuals who is found guilty within the last five years of any corrupt dealings or being involved in illegal practices is also not eligible to voting in the country. Despite not being eligible to vote, several instruments have been developed by different authorities to deal differently with how prisoners are supposed to vote 4. As such, this paper will focus its attention on how different authorities have gone through the issue of prisoner voting …show more content…
The Act came into full force in the United Kingdom in the month of October in the year 2000. The human rights act of 1998 is made up by a series of sections that have the impact of codifying the protections in the European Convention on Human Rights into law in the United Kingdom. As such, each of the public bodies including courts, hospitals, local governments and publicly funded schools among others are bound to comply with the convention rights by all means 5. The translation of this is that, among the many things that people can do, they are also allowed to take cases related to human rights in domestic courts without having to seek for solutions in the larger courts. Generally, the Act is made to set out the fundamental freedoms and rights that people in the United Kingdom can