Jean-Louis HÉRIN - Disenfranchised Citizens

Pouvoirs n°120 - Voter - janvier 2007 - p.95-107

Although, according to the Constitution, voting is a universal right, the number of disenfranchised citizens is higher than usually imagined. Apart from self-exclusion, the article lists the various direct measures of exclusion that affect adults under guardianship or prisoners, and also indirect measures of exclusion linked to the lack of a fixed address (homeless, nomadic groups…), to old age or handicap, or to the distance from the voting station for French expatriates. As de facto disenfranchisement is on the rise, because of the economic situation and the growing number of dependent persons, it might be time to engage in a general reflection about the nature and the regime of such exclusions, which amount to a real loss of citizenship. Résumé

Référence électonique : Jean-Louis HÉRIN, "Disenfranchised Citizens", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°120, 2007, p.95-1. Consulté le 17-02-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/Disenfranchised-Citizens.html