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OR HB3785
Bill
Status
Failed
6/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Farrah Chaichi
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AI Summary
- Allows persons convicted of a felony to register to vote, update voter registration, and cast ballots while incarcerated in state prisons, local jails, and youth correction facilities
- Removes "exercising the right to vote" from the list of rights that can be suspended during incarceration for a felony conviction
- Establishes that an incarcerated person's voting residence is their last voluntary residence prior to confinement
- Requires the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Department of Corrections and Oregon Youth Authority, to establish procedures for voter registration and ballot delivery within correctional facilities
- Authorizes the Secretary of State to modify ballot specifications (paper weight, size, shape) as needed to comply with postal and correctional regulations for delivery to facilities
Legislative Description
Relating to voting by adults in custody.
Last Action
In committee upon adjournment.
6/27/2025
Committee Referrals
Rules3/4/2025
Full Bill Text
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