Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires convicted felons to pay their court fees prior to becoming eligible for voter registration.

Highlights:

• Authorizes the Department to identify registered voters who have been convicted of a felony and whose voting rights have not been restored (Sec. 4).

• Specifies that the voting disability arising from a felony conviction, other than for murder or a felony sexual offense, is terminated upon completion of all terms of sentence, including probation or parole (Sec. 4).

• Specifies that the voting disability arising from a felony conviction for an offense classified as murder or a felony sexual offense does not terminate unless a voter’s civil rights are restored (Sec. 4).

• Defines “completion of all terms of sentence” as terms including, but not limited to the following  (Sec. 4):

• Release from any term of incarceration;

• Termination from any term of supervision, including  probation or community control supervised by the Department of Corrections or the Florida Commission on Offender Review;

• Termination from any term of parole supervised by the Florida Commission on Offender Review;

• Full payment of any financial obligation ordered by the court as part of a sentence, regardless of whether such financial obligation in continued through a civil judgement including restitution, costs of supervision, fines, fees, and court costs.