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Committee approves prisoner voting rights in local elections

JANUARY 10, 2017 23:38

The Knesset Interior Committee unanimously passed a bill on Monday that will allow prisoners to vote in municipal elections while incarcerated.

The bill, initiated by MK Ilan Gilon (Meretz) and MK Aliza Lavie (Yesh Atid), is similar in its essence to the amendment bill that passed in 1986, which gave prisoners the right to vote in the general – but not municipal – election.

bill now needs to be approved by the Knesset in its first reading. The MKs explained that each citizen holds more weight in municipal elections than they do in national elections, and that the outcome has major implications on their day-to-day life. Gilon said Monday that voting is a basic human right, and that it is an important part in the rehabilitation process of the prisoner.

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