City of Baltimore - File #: 06-0145R

• File #: 06-0145R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Support of State Legislation (House Bill 603) - Voter Eligibility- Convicted Criminals
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 2/27/2006
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 2/27/2006
• Title: In Support of State Legislation (House Bill 603) - Voter Eligibility- Convicted Criminals FOR the purpose of expressing support for House Bill 603, that alters certain qualifications for voter registration, provides that an individual is not qualified to register to vote if the individual has been convicted of a felony and is awaiting or actually serving a sentence of imprisonment, and requires that felons who are convicted of certain crimes be informed by the court prior to sentencing of the restoration of their rights to vote subsequent to serving their sentence; requesting that the Chair and Members of the House Ways and Means Committee report the bill favorably, and urging the members of the Baltimore City Delegation to the 2006 Maryland General Assembly to work to secure passage of House Bill 603.
• Sponsors: Robert Curran, President Dixon, President Young, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, James B. Kraft, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Helen L. Holton, Agnes Welch, Keiffer Mitchell
• Indexes: Criminals, Resolution, Voter Eligibility

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/27/2006	0	City Council
2/27/2006	0	City Council	Introduced

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Curran


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
In Support of State Legislation (House Bill 603) - Voter Eligibility- Convicted Criminals

FOR the purpose of expressing support for House Bill 603, that alters certain qualifications for voter registration, provides that an individual is not qualified to register to vote if the individual has been convicted of a felony and is awaiting or actually serving a sentence of imprisonment, and requires that felons who are convicted of certain crimes be informed by the court prior to sentencing of the restoration of their rights to vote subsequent to serving their sentence; requesting that the Chair and Members of the House Ways and Means Committee report the bill favorably, and urging the members of the Baltimore City Delegation to the 2006 Maryland General Assembly to work to secure passage of House Bill 603.
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Recitals

In Maryland, the law limits the voting privileges of persons convicted of "infamous crimes", defined as "those crimes which by their very nature impress upon their perpetrator such a moral taint that to permit him to testify in a judicial proceeding would injuriously affect the administration of justice". Persons convicted of "infamous crimes", who are registered to vote in the State of Maryland, have their registration revoked, but are permitted to re-register after they have completed their sentence, inclu...