Proposition 17: Voting While on Parole

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🗓️ 6 October 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Proposition 17 asks Californians if people convicted of felonies should be allowed to vote while on parole. This would impact about 40,000 people in the state. This is part 4 in our 12-part Prop Fest series, which explores the statewide ballot propositions Californians are voting on this year. Additional Reading: Episode transcript: https://bit.ly/33FygZD Prop Fest Homepage: https://www.kqed.org/propfest KQED Election Coverage: https://www.kqed.org/elections Reported by Guy Marzorati. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz and Rob Speight. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Bianca Hernandez, Ethan Lindsey, Vinnee Tong and Michelle Wiley.

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:02.0	Hey everybody, it's Bake Curious Prop Fest.
0:06.0	I'm Olivia Allen Price.
0:08.0	We've gone through some tricky props these past few days, but Proposition 17 is refreshingly
0:16.9	straightforward.
0:18.3	Should people be able to vote while they're on parole?
0:21.3	And get this, the title you'll see on your ballot, it's actually easy to
0:25.1	understand. Prop 17, restores right to vote after completion of a prison term.
0:29.7	There are still a few nuances to pick apart on this one.
0:33.2	We'll get into those today as we go through Proposition 17,
0:37.1	voting while on parole.
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1:00.9	We asked K-QD politics reporter Guy Maserati to stop by and get into this one with us.
1:05.4	Welcome Guy.
1:06.4	Hey Olivia.
1:07.4	Give us the rundown. What are we voting on in Prop 17?
1:11.2	So Prop 17 would restore voting rights for Californians on parole for a
1:16.1	felony and there's about 40,000 Californians who would get the right to vote if
1:20.5	this measure passes. So right now if you've committed a felony and you're on parole, you cannot vote, right?
1:27.3	That's right.
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