HB454 Alabama 2019 Session

Under existing law, a person who has lost his or her right to vote based upon a past criminal conviction, may apply to the Board of Pardons and Paroles for a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote under certain circumstances, including payment of all fines, court costs, fees, and victim restitution as ordered by the sentencing court and completion of probation or parole and release from compliance by the court or Board of Pardons and Paroles

This bill would remove the process of applying to the Board of Pardons and Paroles for a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote for a person to have his or her right to vote restored

This bill would eliminate the requirement that a person pay all fines, court costs, fees, and victim restitution prior to having his or her right to vote restored

This bill would also expand restoration of voting rights to a person who has been released from incarceration for five or more years

Relating to voting rights; to amend Section 15-22-36.1, Code of Alabama 1975; to remove the process of applying to the Board of Pardons and Paroles for a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote for a person to have his or her right to vote restored; to eliminate the requirement that a person pay all fines, court costs, fees, and victim restitution prior to having his or her right to vote restored; and to expand restoration of voting rights to a person who has been released from incarceration for five or more years.