Californians may get to decide whether those convicted of felonies should be allowed to vote while incarcerated.
The State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. The people of California may get to decide whether prisoners convicted of felonies should be allowed to vote while incarcerated in the state.may get to decide whether prisoners convicted of felonies should be allowed to vote while incarcerated in state or federal prisons in California.
The state's Constitution says those serving time in California for a felony conviction must be disqualified from voting until their sentence is complete. But Assemblyman Isaac Bryan — who represents a portion of Los Angeles in the California Assembly and chairs the body's Elections Committee — introducedthat would nix that requirement, allowing those prisoners to vote while incarcerated.
"This measure would repeal that requirement regarding the disqualification of electors incarcerated for felony convictions, thereby authorizing an otherwise qualified elector serving a state or federal prison term for the conviction of a felony to vote," the proposed amendment says. The other qualifications a person must meet in order to vote in California are being a resident of the state and being at least 18 years old. To pass, the amendment needs to clear both chambers of the state Legislature by a two-thirds vote. Then it would appear in front of the state's voters as a ballot measure. A majority of voters would need to vote"yes" for it to pass. California most recently approved a constitutional amendment codifying abortion rights in 2022.
This issue of allowing people to vote from prison has been controversial. It sparked a national debate in 2020 when Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders — who was then campaigning for president — said felons, including the Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev,
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