1. (1) When a person is convicted of a felony and sentenced to a term of total confinement under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections, the court shall require the defendant to sign a statement acknowledging that:

   1. (a) The defendant's right to vote has been lost due to the felony conviction and sentence to a term of total confinement;
   2. (b) If the defendant is registered to vote, the voter registration will be canceled;
   3. (c) The right to vote is automatically restored as long as the defendant is not serving a sentence of total confinement under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections;
   4. (d) The defendant must reregister before voting; and
   5. (e) Voting before the right is restored is a class C felony under RCW 29A.84.660.

2. (2) For the purposes of this section:

   1. (a) A sentence of total confinement does not include confinement imposed as a sanction for a community custody violation under RCW 9.94A.633(1).
   2. (b) "Total confinement" has the same meaning as in RCW 9.94A.030.

[ 2021 c 10 s 5; 2009 c 325 s 5; 2005 c 246 s 1.]

Notes:

Effective date—2021 c 10: See note following RCW 29A.08.520.

Effective date—2005 c 246: "This act takes effect January 1, 2006." [ 2005 c 246 s 26.]