Public Address | Cafe | Legal Beagle: A draft submission on the Electoral (Registration of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Bill

Venetia King

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 02:27:05 +1200

Ok thanks. Sorry, that's probably quite clear in the context. I confused myself. When I read that sentence I'd interpreted it as having wider applicability than the rights of prisoners to vote, and found myself briefly wondering whether you were talking about the voting age. But it clearly wasn't that…

Graeme Edgeler

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 02:06:01 +1200

If they are going to ban some prisoners from voting, maybe those serving 5 years, or with non-parole periods of three years?

Venetia King

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 01:54:18 +1200

Thanks for sharing this. One question – what threshold are you referring to in your overview, where you state "I would welcome any further opening up of the right to vote, including, for example, raising the threshold"?

Hilary Stace

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 09:16:32 +1200

Thanks for doing this, Graeme.

Graeme Edgeler

Sun, 19 Apr 2020 21:16:26 +1200

Your headings “Arbitrariness in sentencing dates” and “Home detention” are mixed up.

Happily that, and the erstwhile error in the headline are artefacts of the copy paste process, and not errors in the submission itself.

I haven’t written anything yet. Can I join yours?

Yes.

Andrew Geddis

Sun, 19 Apr 2020 19:34:18 +1200

Hi Graeme,

Your headings "Arbitrariness in sentencing dates" and "Home detention" are mixed up.

Otherwise, it's great. I haven't written anything yet. Can I join yours?

Public Address

Sun, 19 Apr 2020 18:22:58 +1200

Discussion from blog post.