3.0.0 3640 2019-11-15T22:00:19Z 2019-11-15T22:00:19Z Senate S S 2008-09-26 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-27T00:15:45Z Ex-Offenders Voting Rights Act of 2007 110 818 HR 2007-02-05 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Ex-Offenders Voting Rights Act of 2008 110 6778 HR 2008-08-01 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Democracy Restoration Act of 2008 110 7136 HR 2008-09-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2114) Identical bill CRS 2008-09-26 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9720-9721) IntroReferral 2008-09-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9720) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. N W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2008-09-26 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2008-09-26 True Crime and Law Enforcement Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Correctional institutions Ex-offenders Government Operations and Politics Prisoners Prisoners' rights Voting rights Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2008-09-26 Introduced in Senate 2009-01-09T22:36:13Z Democracy Restoration Act of 2008 - Declares that the right of a U.S. citizen to vote in any election for federal office shall not be denied or abridged because that individual has been convicted of a criminal offense unless, at the time of the election, such individual is serving a felony sentence in a correctional institution or facility. Provides for enforcement and remedies for violations of this Act.

Specifies that: (1) nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a state from enacting any state law that affords the right to vote in any election for federal office on terms less restrictive than those terms established by this Act; and (2) the rights and remedies established by this Act shall be in addition to all other rights and remedies provided by law, and shall not supersede, restrict, or limit the application of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 or the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.

Prohibits any state, unit of local government, or other person from receiving or using any federal grant amounts to construct or improve a place of incarceration unless that person has a program to notify each U.S. citizen incarcerated in that person's jurisdiction, on release from such incarceration, of that individual's rights under this Act.]]>

Democracy Restoration Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Democracy Restoration Act of 2008 Display Title Democracy Restoration Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to secure the Federal voting rights of persons who have been released from incarceration. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3640is/xml/BILLS-110s3640is.xml 2008-09-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9720-9721) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.