Alabama Senate passes bill easing voting rights restoration for those convicted of felonies
The Alabama Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would streamline the process for formerly incarcerated Alabamians to get their voting rights restored.
SB 24, sponsored by Sen. Linda Coleman-Madison, D-Birmingham, requires the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Secretary of State to develop a website with instructions on how a formerly incarcerated person “may have their right to vote restored” in an easily accessible manner.
“They just put on a web page, more of a notification deal, that they will be able to go to find out if they have completed everything,” Coleman-Madison said.
The bill would require the Board of Pardons and Paroles, starting in March 2027, to publish a list of names that have qualified to have their voting rights restored and the county in which they reside. The board must also submit the list to the Secretary of State, who must then publish the list on its website.
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