HB37 Alabama 2021 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

Also under existing law, a person who been granted a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote by the Board of Pardons and Paroles can register or reregister as an elector upon submission of a copy of the certificate to the board of registrars of the county of his or her residence

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 Sections 15-22-36.1 and 17-3-31, 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.