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Pardons & Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote (CERV)

CERV

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Voting Rights Restoration Checklist

Answer the questions below to help determine whether you may be able to register to vote, apply for a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote, or apply for a pardon.

This checklist is for informational purposes only. Final eligibility should be confirmed by the appropriate office.
1. Are you convicted of any of the following felonies, including attempt, conspiracy, and solicitation to commit any of the below crimes?

Felony list:

  • Aggravated Child Abuse
  • Aggravated Stalking
  • Aggravated Theft by Deception
  • Assault (1st and 2nd Degree)
  • Attempt to Commit an Explosives, destructive device, bacteriological, or biological weapons crime
  • Bigamy
  • Burglary (1st and 2nd Degree)
  • Capital Murder
  • Compelling Street Gang Membership
  • Conspiracy to commit an explosive, destructive device, bacteriological, or biological weapons crime
  • Dissemination or public display of obscene matter containing visual depiction or persons under 17 years of age involved in obscene acts
  • Distribution, possession with intent to distribute, production of obscene material, or offer or agreement to distribute or produce
  • Domestic Violence (1st and 2nd Degree)
  • Domestic Violence by Strangulation, Suffocation
  • Elder Abuse
  • Electronic solicitation of a child
  • Endangering the water supply
  • Enticing a child to enter a vehicle, house, etc. for immoral purposes
  • Facilitating solicitation of unlawful sexual conduct with a child
  • Facilitating the on-line solicitation of a child
  • Facilitating the travel of a child for an unlawful sex act
  • Felony Committed against Election Official
  • Forgery (1st and 2nd Degree)
  • Hindering prosecution of terrorism
  • Hindrance or obstruction during detection, disarming, or destruction of a destructive device or weapon
  • Human Trafficking (1st and 2nd Degree)
  • Incest
  • Kidnapping (1st and 2nd Degree)
  • Manslaughter
  • Murder
  • Parents or guardians permitting children to engage in production of obscene matter
  • Possession and possession with intent to disseminate obscene matter containing visual depiction of persons under 17 years of age involved in obscene acts
  • Possession or distribution of a destructive device or weapon intended to cause injury or destruction
  • Possession or distribution of a hoax device represented as a destructive device or weapon
  • Possession, manufacture, transport, or distribution of a destructive device, bacteriological weapon, or biological weapon
  • Possession, manufacture, transport, or distribution of a detonator, explosive, poison, or hoax device
  • Production of obscene matter containing visual depiction of persons under 17 years of age involved in obscene acts
  • Prohibited acts in the offer, sale, or purchase of securities
  • Rape (1st and 2nd Degree)
  • Robbery (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Degree)
  • Selling, furnishing, giving away, delivering, or distribution of a destructive device, bacteriological weapon, or biological weapon to a person who is less than 21 years of age
  • Sexual Abuse (1st and 2nd Degree)
  • Sexual Abuse of a child less than 12 years old
  • Sexual Torture
  • Sodomy (1st and 2nd Degree)
  • Soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism
  • Terrorism
  • Theft of Lost Property (1st and 2nd Degree)
  • Theft of Property (1st and 2nd Degree)
  • Theft of trademarks or trade secrets
  • Torture or other willful maltreatment of a child under 18 years of age
  • Trafficking in cannabis, cocaine, or other illegal drugs or trafficking in amphetamine and methamphetamine
  • Traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act
  • Treason
Select all convictions that apply

If you answered Yes, select at least one charge.

2. Do you have any pending felony charges?
3. Have you completed your sentence, including parole or probation?
4. Have you paid in full all fines, court costs, fees, and victim restitution ordered at the time of sentencing?

Pardon

ABPP-3 Form – Pardon and/or Remission of Fines Application – Revised June 14, 2025

Remission of Fine and/or Forfeiture

ABPP-5 Form – Remission of Forfeiture Application – Revised June 14, 2025

Investigations are conducted by the Pardon Unit upon receipt of an application.

If the applicant is interested in a pardon, he/she should indicate if he/she needs a misdemeanor pardoned for purposes of obtaining a license (such as bonding or nursing, etc). If this is not indicated, it will be assumed that the applicant is only interested in having felony convictions pardoned.

To see Frequently Asked Question regarding pardons, click HERE.