HB268 Summary

• Creates the Definition of Moral Turpitude Act, establishing a comprehensive list of 45 felony offenses that disqualify citizens from voting under Alabama Constitution Article VIII.

• Disqualifying felonies include murder, manslaughter, assault, kidnapping, rape, sodomy, sexual abuse, burglary, theft, robbery, forgery, terrorism, obscene material offenses, drug trafficking, bigamy, incest, and child abuse.

• Requires county boards of registrars to purge voter registration lists on a continuous basis when they receive confirmed information that a voter has been convicted of a disqualifying felony.

• Mandates that persons convicted of disqualifying offenses receive certified mail notice of the board's intention to remove them from voting rolls, with opportunity to appeal to probate court.

• Requires the Board of Pardons and Paroles to provide signed documentation to county registrars identifying persons under supervision convicted of disqualifying offenses, with an exemption from notice requirements if the person received counseling about voter disqualification.