Altering the qualifications for voter registration to allow an individual who has been convicted of a specified crime to qualify to be a registered voter if the individual, in connection with a first or subsequent conviction, has been released from the custody of a specified facility; and repealing the provision requiring an individual who has been convicted of a specified subsequent crime from being qualified to be a registered voter until at least a specified number of years have elapsed.

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Sponsored by:

Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10

Senator Gwendolyn Britt, District 47

Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25

Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24

Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17

Senator Lisa A. Gladden, District 41

Senator Ralph M. Hughes, District 40

Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44

Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26

Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.

EX-OFFENDERS

REGISTRATION -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION

VOTING -see also- BALLOTS; ELECTIONS

Bill affects the following Statute:

Election Law

( 3-102 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (RTF / PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (WORD / PDF)

Amendments: None offered