Editing Suffrage (section)

===Criminality===
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Some countries restrict the voting rights of convicted criminals. Some countries, and [[Felony disenfranchisement in the United States|some U.S. states]], also deny the right to vote to those convicted of serious crimes even after they are released from prison. In some cases (e.g. in [[Felony disenfranchisement in the United States|many U.S. states]]) the denial of the right to vote is automatic upon a felony conviction; in other cases (e.g. France and Germany) deprivation of the vote is meted out separately, and often limited to perpetrators of specific crimes such as those against the electoral system or corruption of public officials. In the [[Republic of Ireland]], prisoners are allowed the right to vote, following [[Hirst v United Kingdom (No 2)|the ''Hirst v UK (No2)'' ruling]], which was granted in 2006. [[Canada]] allowed only prisoners serving a term of less than 2 years the right to vote, but this was found to be unconstitutional in 2002 by the [[Supreme Court of Canada]] in ''[[Sauvé v. Canada (Chief Electoral Officer)]]'', and all prisoners have been allowed to vote as of the [[2004 Canadian federal election]].