(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: (a) The defendant's right to vote has been lost due to the felony conviction and sentence to a term of total confinement; (b) If the defendant is registered to vote, the voter registration will be canceled; (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; (d) The defendant must reregister before voting; and (e) Voting before the right is restored is a class C felony under RCW 29A.84.660. (2) For the purposes of this section: (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). (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.]
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