POLI 324 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Canada Elections Act, Kirpan, Hutterite
3 Dec 2018
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Unit 5: fundamental freedoms: democratic rights and religious. Key terms: two-part judicial test for freedom of religion; charter of quebec. Values; voting disenfranchisement in canada; prisoners and voting. Sauv v. canada (attorney general), [1993] 2 s. c. r. The court held that s 51 of the old canada elections act, which was an outright prohibition of prisoner voting, was unconstitutional. The canada elections act was later amended to prohibit prisoners serving more than 2 years in prison from voting: sauve contested the canada elections act again. Sauv v. canada (chief electoral officer) [2002] 3 s. c. r. Decision where the court held that prisoners have a right to vote under section 3 of the canadian. The court overturned the prior decision of the federal court of. Appeal and held that s. 51(e) of the old canada elections act, which prohibited prisoners from voting, was unconstitutional. They made the law that any inmates serving more than 2 years in prison cannot vote.
