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Supreme Court rules voting restrictions on expatriate citizens are unconstitutional

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The court ruled 5-2 that the now-repealed law was unconstitutional. “The disenfranchisement of these citizens not only denies them a fundamental democratic right, but also comes at the expense of their sense of self-worth and their dignity,” Chief Justice Richard Wagner wrote for four of the judges in the majority. (A fifth judge wrote concurring reasons.) “These deleterious effects far outweigh any speculative benefits that the measure might bring about.”​

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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Hard to understand how this lasted as long as it did as it appeared grossly unconstitutional. I wasn’t any less a Canadian citizen after living 5 years outside Canada.

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