1.2- wider franchise and debates over suffrage Flashcards
what was the case that ruled the UK was in violation of the ECHR (franchise)?
- Hirst vs UK 2005
- ruled that the blanket ban on all prisoners voting violated article 3 protecol 1
- the law is still in place
what % of people said they were against prisoners being able to vote in a yougov poll?
- 63%
how many prisoners are in the uk? what % are from an ethnic minority?
- 96,000
- 27% from an ethnic minority
give a stat that suggests that prisoners with a high prison population would have undue ifluence in elections?
- wandsworth prison has a population fo 1500
what was the develoved acts that lowered the voting age?
- 2015 scottish elections act
- 2020 senedd and elections act
what % of 16-17 year olds voted in the iniref?
75%
what can 16-17 year olds do?
get married, have a child, join the army, pay taxes
what was the turnout of 18-24 year olds in the 2019 election?
47%
what were election fraud levels in 2019
- 34 cases of election fraud in 58 million votes
what groups are most affected by voter id laws?
minorities, disabled, unemployed
how many elleged cases of election fraud were there in 2019?
342
what % of people have a recognisable voter ID? what is given if people done have ID?
- 96% have an ID
- authority certificates are given to those without
what is the act that reduced the number of boroughs? -
- 1832 great reform act
- got rid of “rotten boroughs”: constituencies with very few voters
which group campaigned for the expansion of the franchise?
chartists
what act made it so all people over the age of 18 could vote?
1969 representation of the people act
