Proposition 17

Restores Right to Vote After Completion of Prison Term 

legislative constitutional amendment

Official Summary

Restores voting rights upon completion of prison term to persons who have been disqualified from voting while serving a prison term.

Fiscal Impact: Annual county costs, likely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars statewide, for voter registration and ballot materials. One-time state costs, likely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, for voter registration cards and systems.

• Official CA Voter Guide Summary ; text of proposed law

• Legislative Analyst Office Analysis

• Show Me The Money

  • support: $1,363,887 - Patty Quillin, Susan Pritzker, ACLU, CA Democratic Party

  • oppose: none

• Ballotpedia Summary

• VotersEdge

Notes

Allows People on State Parole to Register to Vote.