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Paragraph 62
 

The Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR therefore reiterate their recommendation to revise the legal framework concerning prisoners’ voting rights. The Electoral Code should be amended so that restrictions in prisoners’ voting rights are only imposed after an individual judicial decision determining the proportionality of such a measure and/or by defining in the Electoral Code the circumstances in which such a measure should be applied. Regardless of the method chosen, restrictions in prisoners’ voting rights should be proportionate to the circumstances of the particular case and the seriousness of the offense. The Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR are aware that such a revision would require a constitutional amendment.