<P> In Germany the law calls on prisons to encourage prisoners to vote . Only those convicted of electoral fraud and crimes undermining the "democratic order", such as treason, are barred from voting while in prison . </P> <P> In Sweden parliamentary parties have held campaign meetings in prisons . </P> <P> At Federation in Australia the Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 denied the franchise to vote to anyone' attainted of treason, or who had been convicted and is under sentence or subject to be sentenced for any offence...punishable by imprisonment for one year or longer' . </P> <P> In 1983 this disqualification was relaxed and prisoners serving a sentence for a crime punishable under the law for less than a maximum five years were allowed to vote . A further softening occurred in 1995 when the disenfranchisement was limited to those serving a sentence of five years or longer, although earlier that year the Keating Government had been planning legislation to extend voting rights to all prisoners . Disenfranchisement does not continue after release from jail / prison . </P>

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