State Senator Linda Coleman-Madison, D-Birmingham, has reintroduced a bill to streamline the process for restoring an individual’s voting rights following a felony conviction.

Current Alabama law holds that individuals may lose their right to vote for certain felony convictions in state or federal courts. They may have their voting rights restored by the Board of Pardons and Paroles if they have completed their sentence, including probation or parole, paid their court fines in full and do not have any additional pending felony charges.

Certain felony convictions bar an individual from voting rights restoration.

Senate Bill 24, filed last week, would require the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles and secretary of state to post “easily accessible” instructions on their websites detailin

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