In January this year, a formal complaint was lodged with the United Nations' Human Rights Committee over the Government's lack of action to reinstate prisoner voting rights.
At the time Justice Minister Andrew Little said changing the law to allow prisoners the right to vote isn't a priority.
Now the Waitangi Tribunal wants the legislations amended urgently to remove the disqualification of all prisoners from voting, irrespective of sentence.
Should prisoners have the right to vote?
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