HB443 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Thad McClammy

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Elections, allowing persons convicted of certain felonies to vote, Sec. 15-22-36.1 am'd.

Description

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 allow a person who has been convicted of certain crimes of moral turpitude who applies to the Board of Pardons and Paroles for a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote who is unable to pay any fines, court costs, fees, and victim restitution ordered by the sentencing court at the time of sentencing to petition the sentencing court to modify the payments originally ordered by the court.

This bill would provide the procedure for the modification of the payment of fines, court costs, victim restitution, and fees, allow the issuance of a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote to a person whose fines, court costs, fees, and victim restitution have been reduced, and provide for revocation of the Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote if the person fails to make the reduced payments.

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Subjects

Elections