The League of Women Voters of Greater Birmingham (LWVGB) is launching an awareness campaign to educate Alabamians on voting rights restoration for individuals who have been disenfranchised by felony convictions.
Alabama laws generally deny the vote to those convicted of crimes of moral turpitude, a broad phrase subject to interpretation until 2017 when the state standardized the specific crimes included in that category. While only a handful of crimes can permanently cost a person their vote, some require pardons from the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles. Others require a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote (CERV) once they have completed their sentence.
To complicate the matter further, HB100, which was passed by the state legislature in 2024, further expanded the crimes of moral turpitude list, affecting thousands of Alabamians who had been previously able to vote…