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HB568
I3NVU6Z-1
By Representative Hall
RFD: State Government
First Read: 15-Apr-25
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First Read: 15-Apr-25
SYNOPSIS:
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.
A BILL
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A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to voting; to add Section 17-3-31.1 to the
Code of Alabama 1975, to require the Board of Pardons and
Paroles to post procedures for requesting restoration of
voting rights for those individuals who have lost their voting
rights by reason of conviction; to require the Board of
Pardons and Paroles to post on its website and provide to the
Secretary of State the names of individuals whose voting
rights have been restored; and to require boards of registrars
to reregister certain individuals whose voting rights have
been restored.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 17-3-31.1 is added to the Code of
Alabama 1975, to read as follows:
ยง17-3-31.1
(a) No later than September 1, 2026, the Board of
Pardons and Paroles and the Secretary of State shall jointly
develop and make available on each agency's website a form
with instructions for any individual who met one of the
criteria set forth in Section 15-22-36.1(a) prior to October
1, 2025, to apply for a Certificate of Eligibility to Register
to Vote. An individual may submit the form to the Board of
Pardons and Paroles for review pursuant to the requirements
set forth in Section 15-22-36.1(c).
(b) The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall post on the
board's website the name of each individual whose right to
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board's website the name of each individual whose right to
vote has been restored pursuant to Section 15-22-36.1 and the
county in which the individual was last registered to vote or
the county of the individual's last known residence for any
individual who has never registered to vote prior to losing
his or her right to vote by reason of conviction in a state or
federal court.
(c)(1) The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall provide
the Secretary of State with an individual's address and the
date upon which the board restored the right to vote to an
individual who has lost his or her right to vote by reason of
conviction in a state or federal court.
(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (1), if an individual
who has had his or her right to vote restored pursuant to
Section 15-22-36.1 does not have a known address, the Board of
Pardons and Paroles shall notify the Secretary of State that
the individual's address is unknown.
(d) Upon receipt of information provided by the Board
of Pardons and Paroles pursuant to subsection (c), the
Secretary of State shall notify the individual and the board
of registrars of the county in which the individual resides of
the date upon which the board restored his or her right to
vote.
(e) The board of registrars of the county in which the
individual resides shall add the individual's name to the poll
list and notify the individual of the date that he or she is
eligible to vote. This subsection does not apply to any
individual who has had his or her right to vote restored but
has never registered to vote prior to losing his or her right
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has never registered to vote prior to losing his or her right
to vote by reason of conviction in a state or federal court.
Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2025.
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