DE SB180

Lowers voting age from 21 to 18 years old to conform to the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Removes durational residency requirements for voting; voters must only be residents at the time of registration, as longer durational requirements have been found unconstitutional.

Eliminates literacy test requirements for voting, which have been prohibited under federal law and used historically to disfranchise Black voters, immigrants, and poor individuals.

Limits felony voting disqualifications to the period of actual imprisonment only; restores voting rights upon release from prison or upon pardon, with permanent exceptions for murder, manslaughter, and sexual offense convictions.

Prohibits conditioning the restoration of voting rights on monetary payments and removes the General Assembly's authority to impose forfeiture of voting rights as criminal punishment.