
May 29, 2002 |
2002-R-0543 | |
RIGHT TO VOTE | ||
By: Mary M. Janicki, Assistant Director | ||
You asked whether a person can lose his right to vote based on the status of his discharge from the U. S. military. If so, you asked if and how the person can have his right to vote restored.
No one loses his right to vote based on the type of military discharge he receives unless he is discharged for committing a felony under federal or Connecticut law and was confined for the crime. In that case, he can have his voting rights restored by showing a voter registration official proof that he was released from prison and completed any parole. Since January 1, 2002, the effective date of An Act Restoring Voting Rights of Convicted Felons Who Are on Probation (summary attached), anyone convicted of a felony but not confined to prison can show proof that he was not confined and paid all court-ordered fines related to the conviction, if any.
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