UK may be forced to give prisoners the vote in time for May elections, The Guardian (2011) —
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UK may be forced to give prisoners the vote in time for May elections, The Guardian (2011)

The article discusses the suffrage in the UK. In response to the European court of human rights ruling the government is suggesting to give the vote to all prisoners serving less than four years. The government has proposed that the right to vote will be restricted to parliamentary and European parliament elections only which is the minimum required by law.

The link address is: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/feb/01/prisoners-vote-may-elections-compensation-claims?INTCMP=SRCH

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