tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509959543151548263.post8205421129441602414..comments2024-01-23T05:18:56.246+00:00Comments on Witterings From Witney: Votes For Prisoners?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509959543151548263.post-17050979278765138382010-05-30T20:12:15.721+01:002010-05-30T20:12:15.721+01:00Ta W42, you raise something that was in my mind an...Ta W42, you raise something that was in my mind and forgot to mention - ie all those votes in the constitutency housing the prison not on really, is it?<br /><br />Pleased someone else thinks like me!Witterings from Witneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11349563961787006775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509959543151548263.post-86203879260902311112010-05-30T20:09:24.569+01:002010-05-30T20:09:24.569+01:00"should decide that a mechanism to allow pris..."should decide that a mechanism to allow prisoners the vote would be by postal, or proxy,"<br />I'm entirely with you - I don't see why they should have any rights at all, I think they forfeited those when the chose to offend. But if they did vote I would guess nobody wants a large prison population voting with all the votes being attributed to the constituency housing the prison - it would skew the local result.Woodsy42noreply@blogger.com