California allows anyone not currently incarcerated for a felony sentence to register to vote and vote in elections.
People on parole that had a felony conviction were banned from voting until Proposition 17 passed in 2020.The terms are often used interchangeably but they refer to two different detention facilities.Jails are run by county sheriff departments and usually confine people with sentences of a year or less. The people normally in jails are charged with misdemeanors, awaiting trial or sentencing, or confined for civil matters like being in contempt of court.
“Information on how to request a voter registration card is part of the orientation video that is played daily in all the jails as well as part of the facility handbook,” the sheriff’s department said in an emailed statement.San Diego County has a state prison, Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, and several jail facilities:Las Colinas Detention and Reentry FacilityInmates at these jail facilities can vote unless they’re serving time for a felony.
“It’s a one-time-use form and will not make the change permanently to their registration file,” said Cynthia Paes, director of ROV, via email. “If they want to make a permanent mailing address change, they can note it on the ballot request form or fill out a new voter registration form.” Robert Myers is an inside organizer with Pillars of the Community, currently incarcerated at George Bailey Detention Facility, a county jail. Part of his job includes canvassing people in the jail and seeing if they’re interested in voting.
Myers also plays a part in oversight — making sure those who ask for registration cards and ballots actually receive them. In August, he raised an issue of eight inmates not receiving registration cards to Pillars. Pillars contacted their legal partners and the League of Women Voters. The League reached out to ROV and asked them to provide the facility with more registration cards because counselors allegedly told inmates they didn’t have any.
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