Table 1. List of states and years when disfranchising provisions were repealed
State
Year
Details of the change
OR
1961
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed
MO
1962
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed
AR
1964
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed
SD
1967
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers and parolees
enfranchised)
PA
1968
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers and parolees
enfranchised)
HI
1968
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers and parolees are
enfranchised)
LA
1968
Voting rights restored automatically for first-time offenders
KS
1969
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers enfranchised)
IL
1970
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed
NC
1971
Voting rights automatically restored 2 years following completion of sentence
ID
1972
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed
FL
1973
Automatic restoration of voting rights for ex-felons who meet certain
conditions
IL
1973
Probationers and parolees are enfranchised
MT
1973
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers and parolees
enfranchised)
NC
1973
Voting rights automatically restored (repeal of 2-year waiting period)
ND
1973
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers and parolees
enfranchised)
NV
1973
Ex-felons can apply to parole board 5-year after the completion of sentence
(previously disfranchised for life)
NY
1973
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers enfranchised)
RI
1973
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed
CA
1974
Ex-felon disfranchisement and repealed (also probationers enfranchised)
LA
1974
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed
OH
1974
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (also probationers and parolees
enfranchised)
CT
1975
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed
LA 1975
Probationers
are
enfranchised
ME
1975
Incarcerated felons are enfranchised
OR
1975
Probationers and parolees are enfranchised
OK
1976
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed
LA
1978
Parolees are enfranchised
AZ
1978
Voting rights restored automatically for first-time offenders
SC
1981
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed
GA
1983
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed
TX
1983
Voting rights restored automatically 2 years following completion of prison
sentence
WA
1984
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (post-1984 conviction only)
AL
1986
Lifetime disfranchisement for crime involving “moral turpitude” repealed
TN
1986
Ex-felon disfranchisement repealed (post-1986 conviction only)
TX
1997
Voting rights automatically restored (repeal of 2-year waiting period)
NH 1998
Incarcerated
felons are enfranchised
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