Maryland Automatic Restoration of Voter Registration for Individuals Released from State Correctional Facilities (2025)
Fair Elections Center supports Maryland HB 1110, which would streamline the registration process for individuals with a felony conviction after being released from incarceration by requiring state
agencies to collaborate to provide automatic restoration of their pre-existing voter registration upon release from incarceration.
Virginia Voting Rights Restoration Amendment
The most recent iteration of this amendment, HJ 2 / SJ 248, was passed by both the Virginia House of Delegates and the Senate during the 2025 legislative session. The amendment must pass again in next year’s legislative session before heading to the ballot for a statewide vote at the earliest, in November 2026.
Virginia Voting Rights Restoration Amendment
Testimony urging the Virginia House of Delegates Committee on Privileges and Elections to carry over HJ 2—a constitutional amendment to ensure Virginians who are not incarcerated and not currently judicially declared incompetent have the right to vote—to the 2025 legislative session. (2024)
Maryland Automatic Voter Registration
Testimony Supporting Maryland House Bill 627, which would designate the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services as an automatic voter registration agency. Expanding automatic voter registration to state correctional facilities would simplify the registration process for newly re-enfranchised citizens and emphasize the importance of their participation in democracy. In 2016, Maryland law established that as soon as an individual with a felony conviction was released from incarceration, they automatically retained the right to vote. In 2018, the Maryland General Assembly established automatic voter registration, seeking to streamline the process at the MVA and other government offices. HB 627 is an opportunity to realize the full potential of these two policies and expand automatic voter registration to ensure that returning citizens face no barriers in exercising their right under Maryland law to have a voice in our elections. (2024)
Virginia Voting Rights Restoration
Testimony in Support of Virginia HJ 555, Which Would End Disenfranchisement of People with Felony Convictions When They Are No Longer Incarcerated (2021)
New Mexico Voting Rights Restoration
Testimony Supporting New Mexico HB 74, Which Would Restore Voting Rights to Persons with Felony Convictions Upon Their Release From Prison (2021)
Washington Voting Rights Restoration
Testimony in Support of Washington HB 1078, Which Would End Disenfranchisement of People with Felony Convictions When They Are No Longer Incarcerated (2021)
