European Interest

Latvia: Prisoners cast their vote

Diego Delso, delso.photo, License CC BY-SA 3.0
The Old Town of Riga, Latvia.

Prisoners in nine of Latvia’s penal institutions were among the first to cast their votes yesterday (22 May).

1,357 people, more than half of the prison’s inmates eligible to vote, had registered for the election. Registration remains open, allowing more inmates to cast their vote.

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