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CRIMINAL DISENFRANCHISEMENT LAWS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES []

   **Permanent disenfranchisement for all people with felony convictions, unless government approves individual rights restoration**   KY, VA      **Permanent disenfranchisement for at least some people with criminal convictions, unless government approves individual rights restoration**   AL, AZ, DE, FL, MS, NV, TN, WY      **Voting rights restored upon completion of sentence, including prison, parole, and probation**   AK, AR, GA, ID, IA, KS, LA, MD, MN, MO, NE,* NJ, NM, NC, OK, SC, TX, WA, WV, WI      **Voting rights restored automatically after release from prison and discharge from parole (probationers may vote)**  <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> CA, CO, CT, NY,* SD    <span style="color: #000000; font-family: times new roman,times new roman,serif; font-size: 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> **Voting rights restored automatically after release from prison** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: times new roman,times new roman,serif; font-size: 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> DC, HI, IL, IN, MA, MI, MT, NH, ND, OH, OR, PA, RI, UT    <span style="color: #000000; font-family: times new roman,times new roman,serif; font-size: 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> **No disenfranchisement for people with criminal convictions** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: times new roman,times new roman,serif; font-size: 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> ME, VT     <span style="color: #000000; font-family: times new roman,times new roman,serif; font-size: 15px;">//**Permanent disenfranchisement for at least some people with criminal convictions, unless government approves individual rights restoration**//  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: times new roman,times new roman,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;">**Alabama:** People with certain felony convictions involving moral turpitude can apply to have their voting rights restored upon completion of sentence and payment of fines and fees; people convicted of some specific crimes are permanently barred from voting. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: times new roman,times new roman,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;">**Arizona:** People convicted of one felony can have their voting rights restored upon completion of sentence, including all prison, parole, and probation terms and payment of legal financial obligations. People convicted of two or more felonies are permanently barred from voting unless pardoned or restored by a judge. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: times new roman,times new roman,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;">**Delaware:** People with felony convictions can have their voting rights restored five years after completion of sentence and payment of fines and fees. People who are convicted of certain disqualifying felonies are permanently disenfranchised. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: times new roman,times new roman,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;">**Florida:** Most people with felony convictions have their right to vote restored upon completion of sentence and payment of restitution. People with certain felony convictions, mostly violent crimes or sexual offenses, must individually apply for restoration of rights or complete a fifteen-year waiting period. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: times new roman,times new roman,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;">**Mississippi:** People who are convicted of any of ten types of disqualifying offenses, including felonies and misdemeanors, are permanently disenfranchised. Others never lose the right to vote. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: times new roman,times new roman,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;">**Nevada:** The right to vote is automatically restored to people convicted of first-time non-violent felonies upon completion of sentence. People with multiple felony convictions and those convicted of violent felonies cannot vote unless pardoned or granted a restoration of civil rights from the court in which they were convicted. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: times new roman,times new roman,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;">**Tennessee:** People convicted of some felonies after 1981 can have their voting rights restored if they have completed their full sentences, paid all restitution, and are current with child support payments. People convicted of certain felonies cannot regain the right to vote unless pardoned.