Prisoner Voting Rights: Submissions to the Select Committee: 5 May 2020

With public submissions having closed on the Electoral (Registration of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Bill, the Justice Select Committee is now hearing oral submissions. The bill received over 2,500 submissions, and the committee have already heard over 10 hours of the public voicing their opinions over Zoom. This report features a few of the arguments being put forward by the various submitters, as compiled by Bronwyn Wilde.

You can watch the full livestreams yourself on the Justice Committee Facebook page. Or, for more context, listen to the report Bronwyn previously did on the Bill: 

https://95bfm.com/bcast/prisoner-voting-rights-submissions-to-the-select-committee-20-april-2020

The Committee’s findings are due back on the 2nd of June.