Voting After A Conviction
ORS 137.281 — the vote is lost only while incarcerated for a felony, and comes back on release
A person sentenced to a term of incarceration for a felony loses, from sentencing until release or until the conviction is set aside, the right to vote, to act as a juror, to hold a public or party office, and to hold a position of private trust.
Back automatically. Those rights are restored automatically on release from incarceration. A person on probation, or not incarcerated at all, does not lose them under this section.
A return to prison for violating parole withdraws them again. A separate section governs serving on a jury, which this page does not read.
Sources for this section (1)
- ORS 137.281 — Withdrawal of rights during term of incarceration
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