Prisoners to be banned from voting again

Prisoner voting ban 'punches down on Māori voters', advocate says

"Rather than stripping their rights away we could use humanising approaches," Awatea Mita says.

Prisoners to be banned from voting again

Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says Cabinet has agreed to reinstate a total ban on prisoners voting in general elections.

Reinstating a blanket ban on prisoners voting is retrograde and harmful

It is an unjustifiable limit on the electoral rights of New Zealand citizens that will disproportionately harm Māori.

Government To Reinstate Prisoner Voting Ban

Cabinet’s decision will reverse the changes made by the previous government in 2020, which allowed prisoners serving sentences of less than three years to vote.

Government to reinstate full prisoner voting ban

Cabinet has agreed to introduce legislation that would remove voting rights from those sentenced to prison for up to three years, in a move that the Supreme Court has already said breaches human rights law.The move, signed off on in April, essentially reverses legislation passed by the Labour-led coalition government in 2020 – a law that NZ First supported at the time.It comes despite the Independent Electoral Commission recommending that all pr…

National yet again wants to take away prisoner voting rights

Despite the prospect of it being struck down by the Courts being very high the Government has announced a plan to reintroduce a prisoner voting ban.