Sauvé v Canada (Chief Electoral Officer)
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sauv-v-canada-chief-electoral-officer-313-12295
title:
Sauvé v Canada (Chief Electoral Officer)
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Sauvé v Canada, [2002] 3 SCR 519 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision where the Court held that prisoners have a right to vote under section 3 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Court overturned the prior decision of the Federal Court of Appeal and held that section 51(e) of the old Canada Elections Act, which prohibited prisoners serving a sentence of over two years from voting, was unconstitutional. Section 51(e) had been repealed before the date of the Court's judgme
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Supreme Court of Canada case
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2023-10-27T19:29:21Z
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