受刑人投票權──以世界各國經驗為借鑑

Prisoners’Voting Rights: A Global Perspective

現行臺灣法律並未限制在監受刑人及受羈押收容人在選舉中的投票權，然而，在實務上並未為受刑人提供投票的機制，本文主要在蒐整世界上不同國家有關受刑人投票權的相關立法及受刑人投票的機制與運作，以作為臺灣辦理相關措施的參考。文中首先討論有關支持與反對受刑人投票的觀點，以及影響受刑人政治權利遭受剝奪的相關因素，並闡述過去剝奪受刑人政治權利指標性案件的判決；接著討論同意受刑人投票的國家在實際執行受刑人投票作業時的規劃，由他國的經驗來探討臺灣未來規劃受刑人投票機制時需考量的配套作為，俾供決策與執行單位參考，最後提出研究的限制。

Currently under Taiwan law, prisoners serving custodial sentence after conviction and pre-trial detainees, are not barred from voting in any elections. However, in practice, no polling measures have been set up by the government to make voting accessible inside prisons. This paper provides an overview of current legislation and practices about prisoners’voting rights in various countries in the world.
The essay first describes perspectives for and against prisoners’rights to vote and the factors identified in previous research that may affect disenfranchisement practices in different regions in the world. It is followed by a review of some high-profiled judgments regarding suspensions of prisoners’political rights over past decades. Additionally, it discusses prisoners’voting registrations and current polling practices in countries where prisoner voting is accessible. The experiences of other countries may suggest ways of implementing polling measures for prisoners in the future. Finally, limitations of the current study are discussed.