 France and Germany) deprivation of the vote is meted out separately, and often limited to perpetrators of specific crimes such as those against the electoral system or corruption of public officials.In the Republic of Ireland, prisoners are allowed the right to vote, following the "Hirst v UK (No2)" ruling, which was granted in 2006.Canada allowed only prisoners serving a term of less than 2 years the right to vote, but this was found to be unconstitutional in 2002 by the Supreme Court of Canada in "Sauvé v. Canada (Chief Electoral Officer)", and all prisoners have been allowed to vote as of the 2004 Canadian federal election.