Editing Disfranchisement (section)

==== Germany ====
In [[Germany]], all convicts are allowed to vote while in prison unless the loss of the right to vote is part of the sentence; courts can only apply this sentence for specific "political" crimes ([[treason]], [[high treason]], [[electoral fraud]], intimidation of voters, etc.) and for a duration of two to five years.<ref>{{in lang|de}} [http://bundesrecht.juris.de/stgb/__45.html §45] [[StGB]], accessed July 28, 2006</ref> All convicts sentenced to at least one year in prison automatically lose the right to be elected in public elections for a duration of five years, and lose all positions they held as a result of such an election.

In [[Germany]] the law calls on prisons to encourage prisoners to vote. Only those convicted of [[electoral fraud]] and crimes undermining the "democratic order", such as [[treason]], are barred from voting while in prison.<ref>"Losing the Vote," p. 17.</ref> In Germany the disenfranchisement by special court order lasts 2–5 years after which the right to vote is reinstated. The described special court orders rarely ever occur, so that about 1-2 persons a year in all of Germany lose their right to vote this way.<ref>(in German) https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/deutsches-strafrecht-wahlbuerger-hinter-gittern-1.1442183</ref>