In the same year, a new Civil Rights Act was passed and in 1965 a new Voting Rights Bill became law.

在同一年，通过了新的民权法案。1965年一项新的选举权法案变成了法律。

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The draft bill is understood to refer not just to prisoners' voting rights in general and local elections in the UK but also to elections to the European Parliament.

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The draft bill that Chris Grayling will publish this week will refer not just to prisoners' voting rights relating to domestic general and local elections.

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Following the European Court of Human Rights' ruling that the current blanket ban on prisoners voting in UK elections is illegal, a draft bill to remedy the situation is due to be considered by a joint committee of MPs and peers.

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