tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12147812.post5815905155471237029..comments2023-10-26T14:13:58.282+00:00Comments on Is there more to life than shoes?: Votes for convicts?Trixyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02015060663707102784noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12147812.post-38804164393035686722009-04-10T08:13:00.000+00:002009-04-10T08:13:00.000+00:00Good point about the insult to women, and also to ...Good point about the insult to women, and also to other previously disenfranchised groups. Shame nobody pointed it out to <A HREF="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22332956-29277,00.html" REL="nofollow">Vickie Lee Roach</A> when she got the Australian High Court to allow prisoner voting a few years ago. As a result anyone here doing less than a three year stretch keeps their vote, and presumably that means they're compelled to vote like the rest of us so I'm not sure what they do if a prisoner refuses to vote but, being inside, is skint and can't pay the fine.<BR/><BR/>Anyhow, I digress. It's a <A HREF="http://angryexile.blogspot.com/2009/04/why-not-just-let-all-prisoners-out-and.html" REL="nofollow">mad idea</A> and I do hope, though without much expectation, that the EU is told to fuck off.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.com