SB153 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Linda Coleman-Madison Senator

Democrat

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

Restoration of Voting Rights; notification to convicted individuals seeking restoration; Pardons and Paroles Board required to notify individuals and Secretary of State when voting rights restored

Description

Under existing law, an individual who has lost his or her right to vote by reason of conviction in a state or federal court may have his or her right to vote restored by the Boards of Pardons and Paroles if he or she meets certain requirements.

This bill would require the Board of Pardons and Paroles to post instruction on how individuals who have lost their right to vote by reason of conviction and who meet certain requirements for restoration of voting rights may request restoration of their voting rights.

This bill would require the Board of Pardons and Paroles to post on its website the names of each individual whose voting rights have been restored by the board and to notify the Secretary of State of the names and addresses, if known, of these individuals.

This bill would also require the respective boards of registrars, based on the information provided by the Secretary of State, to reregister in certain circumstances those individuals whose voting rights have been restored.

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Subjects

Elections, Voting, & Campaigns