HB245 - Alabama Restoration of Voting Rights Act

• Automatically restores voting rights to persons convicted of felonies involving moral turpitude upon discharge from incarceration, except in cases of treason or impeachment.

• Requires courts to notify defendants before sentencing that voting rights are lost only during incarceration and restored upon discharge.

• Mandates the Department of Corrections and federal correctional institutions provide voter registration services to inmates as part of the release process.

• Authorizes incarcerated but eligible voters to vote absentee by mail without requiring application, adding them as a new absentee voting category.

• Repeals Section 15-22-36.1 eliminating the Board of Pardons and Paroles procedure for restoring voting rights, and creates a temporary three-year legislative oversight committee to monitor implementation.