SB209 Summary

• Eliminates the application requirement for voting rights restoration and instead requires the Board of Pardons and Paroles to automatically conduct reviews for persons who have lost voting rights due to criminal conviction and have been pardoned or released from incarceration, probation, or parole.

• Removes the requirement that individuals pay all fines, court costs, fees, and victim restitution before having voting rights restored.

• Board of Pardons and Paroles must complete eligibility review within 14 calendar days and issue or deny a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote within 14 calendar days thereafter.

• Persons convicted of impeachment, murder, rape, sodomy, sexual abuse, incest, sexual torture, child exploitation crimes, obscene matter crimes, or treason remain permanently ineligible for voting rights restoration under this section.

• Requires correctional facilities to post materials about voting rights restoration procedures and mandates the Board of Pardons and Paroles and Secretary of State to develop forms and provide notification to election officials when certificates are issued.