Editing Disfranchisement (section)

====Other European countries====

Several other European countries permit disenfranchisement by special court order, including [[France]] and the [[Netherlands]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kiesraad.nl/verkiezingen/tweede-kamer/stemmen/uitsluiting-kiesrecht|title=Uitsluiting kiesrecht|last=Kiesraad|website=www.kiesraad.nl|date=22 April 2016 |language=nl-NL|access-date=2018-11-06}}</ref>

In several other European countries, no disenfranchisements due to criminal convictions exist. European countries that allow inmates to vote (as of 2012) include [[Albania]], [[Croatia]], [[Czech Republic|the Czech Republic]], [[Denmark]], [[Finland]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Montenegro]], [[North Macedonia]], Norway, [[Serbia]], [[Spain]], [[Sweden]], [[Switzerland]], and [[Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-20447504|title=Prisoner votes by European country|date=November 22, 2019|work=[[BBC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621184820/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-20447504|archive-date=June 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

Moreover, many European countries encourage people to vote, such as by making pre-voting in other places than the respective election locales easily accessible. This often includes possibilities for prisoners to pre-vote from the prison itself. This is the case for example in [[Finland]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/1998/en19980714.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050501092531/http://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/1998/en19980714.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= May 1, 2005 |title= Election Act 714/1998 |year= 1998 |website= Finlex |series= Translations of Finnish acts and decrees |publisher= Ministry of Justice, Finland |pages= 1, 24 |access-date= 25 February 2016 }}</ref>