Chapter 25 Multiple choice questions

Article 3 of the First Protocol right to free elections

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1. Article 3 of the First Protocol means what it says: it simply puts an obligation on States to hold elections at reasonable intervals.

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2. Which of these statements correctly indicate the effect of Article 3 of Protocol One? Please select all that apply.

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3. Relate the legal principle and circumstances given with the appropriate case.

A ban on all convicted, serving prisoners from voting in general elections was too indiscriminate in its effects and not adequately justified, and so, in principle, violated Article 3.

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A ban on any member of a foreign legislature from also being a member of the national legislature was upheld as a reasonable qualification on the right to sit.

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The right to vote etc is so important that there needs to be an effective and independent, legally based, process for dealing with complaints about electoral rights. States have a wide margin of appreciation on this but the Court will intervene if the national system fails to provide proper independence by, for example, leaving it to Parliament.

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Political restrictions imposed on local government workers, which prevented them from standing in elections, were justified and reasonable restrictions aimed at maintaining the impartiality of the public services.

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4. The right to vote, as protected under Article 3, is only available in respect of which one of the following tests of public opinion?

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