Election 2020: Proposition 17 Seeks to Restore Right to Vote for Parolees

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🗓️ 8 October 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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If you're a prisoner or parolee in California, you are currently barred from voting. A 'yes' vote on state proposition 17 would mean amending the state's constitution to allow people on parole to vote. People serving time in state prison would still be prohibited from casting a ballot. We'll hear about the arguments for and against Prop 17 and learn about California's history on this issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:43.3	From KQED. Welcome back to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. Proposition 17 would amend the state constitution to allow people on parole for a felony to vote. Right now,
0:55.4	both those serving prison time and those on parole are prohibited from casting a ballot. If
1:01.0	passed, Prop 17 would restore voting rights to some 40,000 Californians. We get an explainer from our
1:07.4	friends at Bay Curious. Here's host Olivia Allen Price talking to KQBD politics reporter Guy Marzerati.
1:13.7	Guy, this may seem like a really basic question, but what exactly is parole and how long does it usually last?
1:21.3	So parole is a period of supervision for people convicted of a felony.
1:25.1	It takes place after they leave state prison. And parole terms
1:29.3	typically last a few years, but in some cases, they can last for the rest of the parole leaves life.
1:35.0	Okay. And it seems like in recent decades, the state has generally been moving sort of more in the
1:39.8	direction of prisoner rights. And this is, you know, something's been playing out, you know, for decades.
1:45.1	Right. And this has been the case on the national level that we've seen a lot of recent change and
1:49.7	push for enfranchisement for people convicted of felonies, people on parole. For most of
1:55.2	California's history, this was really not discussed and debated. If you were convicted of felony, you were banned from
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