SB237 Summary

• Creates the Felony Voter Disqualification Act establishing a comprehensive list of 43 categories of felonies involving moral turpitude that disqualify persons from voting under Alabama Constitution Article VIII.

• Lists specific disqualifying offenses including murder (all subdivisions), manslaughter, assault, kidnapping, rape, sodomy, sexual abuse, terrorism, human trafficking, obscene material involving minors, drug trafficking, burglary, robbery, forgery, and equivalent crimes under federal or other jurisdictions' laws.

• Requires county boards of registrars to continuously purge voter registration lists upon confirmation that registered voters have been convicted of designated disqualifying felonies, with certified mail notice to the voter and appeal rights.

• Exempts voters from notice requirement if the Board of Pardons and Paroles provides signed documentation that the person received face-to-face counseling regarding voter disqualification and rights restoration.

• Directs circuit and district court clerks to furnish monthly lists of convicted disqualifying felons to county registrars and establishes $100 penalty for willful failure to perform these duties; becomes effective three months after passage.