HB795:

Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters and the right to vote (voter referendum).

Bill Summary:

Constitutional amendment (voter referendum);
qualifications of voters and the right to vote; persons not entitled
to vote. Provides for a referendum at the November 8, 2022, general
election to approve or reject an amendment that would provide for
the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth, revise the qualifications
of voters so that a person convicted of a felony is not entitled
to vote during his period of incarceration but is automatically invested
with the right to vote upon release from incarceration, and update
the existing prohibition on voting by persons found to be mentally
incompetent to instead apply to persons who have been found to lack
the capacity to understand the act of voting.