Persons Never Eligible to Register and Vote

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Notwithstanding this part, the following persons shall never be eligible to register and vote in this state:

  1. Those convicted after July 1, 1986, of the offenses of voter fraud, treason, murder in the first degree, or aggravated rape;
  2. Those convicted after July 1, 1996, but before July 1, 2006, of any of the offenses set out in subdivision (1) or any other degree of murder or rape; and
  3. Those convicted on or after July 1, 2006, of:
    1. Any of the offenses set out in subdivision (1) or (2);
    2. Any other violation of title 39, chapter 16, parts 1, 4 or 5 designated as a felony or any violation containing the same elements and designated as a felony in any other state or federal court; or
    3. Any sexual offense set out in § 40-39-202 or violent sexual offense set out in § 40-39-202 that is designated as a felony or any violation containing the same elements and designated as a felony in any other state or federal court and where the victim of the offense was a minor.


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