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Election Law - Incarcerated Individuals - Voter Hotline and Voting Eligibility (Voting Rights for All Act)

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Plain-English Summary

Requiring the State Board of Elections to provide a toll-free voter hotline for incarcerated individuals to receive information about voting, request election-related materials, and report voting rights violations; and altering the circumstances under which an individual is not qualified to be a registered voter for the purpose of allowing individuals convicted of a felony and serving a court-ordered sentence of imprisonment for the conviction to register to vote.

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Common CauseSupports

This bill would restore voting rights to over 16,000 Marylanders currently banned from voting while serving a prison or jail term for a felony conviction.

SB 89 / HB 52. Common Cause MD priority: voting access for incarcerated and returning citizens.

Source: commoncause.orgVerified 2026-04-10
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