Zambia: 'No Voting for Prisoners'

DELEGATES to the Kabwe District consultative forum on drafting the Zambian Constitution have voted against recommendations to allow prisoners to vote during elections.

Those opposing the proposal said allowing incarcerated people to vote could compromise national security.

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