A bill to prohibit the denial or abridgement of the right of former criminal offenders to vote in elections for Federal officers.

Summary

Provides that any citizen of the United States who has been convicted under the laws of the United States, or of any State, of having committed any crime, and who on account of such conviction has been or could have been denied the right to vote in any Federal election, may vote in any Federal election if otherwise qualified under the laws of the United States and of the State in which he resides: (1) on and after the date he completes every period of imprisonment imposed upon him as a result of each conviction on account of which such right was denied; (2) on and after the date he pays all fines levied or otherwise satisfies any other penalties imposed upon him as a result of each such conviction; depending upon which of the two is the last to occur. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 3 June 1975

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