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The current WA Resolution, Protecting Convicted Voters has been posted on our off-site forums at:

https://bnationstates.runboard.com/t84341

General Assembly Resolution At Vote

Protecting Convicted Voters

A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.

Category: Furtherment of Democracy

Strength: Mild

Believing that those member states which choose to hold democratic elections should refrain from making any person ineligible to take part in those elections simply due to their circumstances, the General Assembly hereby:

requires members to ensure that no person within their jurisdiction is prevented (or otherwise unduly restricted) from voting in a election for public office simply because they currently are being, or have previously been, punished for a crime,

further requires prisons in member states to protect their prisoners from being pressured to vote for or against any candidate or slate of candidates, or to refrain from voting, by any entity in all elections for public office,

mandates that those members which choose to hold elections for public office, but require those voting at said elections to be physically present at a polling station in order to vote, provide adequate polling stations at prisons as to allow all eligible prisoners to vote, and

clarifies that Article a does not mandate that elections for public office be organised in any member state.

Mikes Hope Essence of Mikeswill
WA Delegate
NationStates Region