Title

RESTORES RIGHT TO VOTE AFTER COMPLETION OF PRISON TERM. LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

Proposition 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.

Proposition Number

17

Year

2020

Document Type

Proposition

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

For Author

CAROL MOON GOLDBERG, President League of Women Voters of California JAY JORDAN, Executive Director Californians for Safety and Justice KEVIN MCCARTY, Assemblymember Prop. 17 Author

Against Author

HARRIET SALARNO, Founder Crime Victims United of California JIM NIELSEN, Chairman California Board of Prison Terms (Ret.) RUTH WEISS, Vice President Election Integrity Project California

Rebuttal Author

HARRIET SALARNO, Founder Crime Victims United of California JIM NIELSEN, California State Senator RUTH WEISS, Vice President Election Integrity Project California

Rebuttal Against Author

CAROL MOON GOLDBERG, President League of Women Voters of California JAY JORDAN, Executive Director Californians for Safety and Justice ABDI SOLTANI, Executive Director American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)—Northern California

Recommended Citation

RESTORES RIGHT TO VOTE AFTER COMPLETION OF PRISON TERM. LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. California Proposition 17 (2020).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/1382