Editing Disfranchisement (section)

====Ireland====
For [[elections in the Republic of Ireland]], there is no disenfranchisement based on criminal conviction, and prisoners remain on the [[electoral register]] at their pre-imprisonment address.<ref name="citizensinformation">{{cite web|url=http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/justice/prison_system/prisoners_rights.html|title=Prisoners' Rights|publisher=Citizens Information Board|access-date=25 October 2012|location=Ireland}}</ref>  Prior to 2006, the grounds for [[postal voting]] did not include imprisonment, and hence those in prison on election day were in practice unable to vote, although those on [[temporary release]] could do so.<ref name="dail20061005">{{cite web|url=http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/2006/10/05/00008.asp |title=Dáil Eireann - 05/Oct/2006 Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage |publisher=Debates.oireachtas.ie |date=2006-10-05 |access-date=2013-11-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/europe-court-rules-prisoners-should-be-let-vote-in-elections-234642.html|title=Europe court rules prisoners should be let vote in elections|last=Quinn|first=Ben|author2=Conor Sweeney|date=7 October 2005|work=[[Irish Independent]]|access-date=25 October 2012}}</ref> In 2000 the [[High Court (Ireland)|High Court]] ruled that this breached the [[Constitution of Ireland|Constitution]], and the government drafted a [[Bill (proposed law)|bill]] extending postal voting to prisoners on [[Detention of suspects|remand]] or serving sentences of less than six months.<ref name="ind226084">{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/goahead-for-prisoners-to-cast-vote-at-next-election-226084.html |title=Go-ahead for prisoners to cast vote at next election |last=Brady |first=Tom |date=15 December 2005 |work=[[Irish Independent]] |access-date=26 October 2012}}</ref> In 2001, the [[Supreme Court (Ireland)|Supreme Court]] overturned the High Court ruling and the bill was withdrawn.<ref name="ind226084"/><ref>Breathnach -v- Ireland & anor; [2001] IESC 59: Judgments of [http://courts.ie/Judgments.nsf/bce24a8184816f1580256ef30048ca50/fddba2cbc75b154e80256ccc005c3756?OpenDocument Keane C.J.] and [http://courts.ie/Judgments.nsf/bce24a8184816f1580256ef30048ca50/fded91c3fda8f0bf80256ccc00384f9a?OpenDocument Denham J.]</ref>  Following the 2005 ECHR ruling in the [[Hirst v United Kingdom (No 2)|''Hirst'' case]], the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006 was passed to allow postal voting by all prisoners.<ref name="citizensinformation"/><ref name="dail20061005"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2006/en/act/pub/0033/print.html |title=Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006 |publisher=Irishstatutebook.ie |access-date=2013-11-08}}</ref>