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ACA-4 Elections: eligibility to vote.(2023-2024)

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Revised  May 18, 2023

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Constitutional Amendment
No. 4

Introduced by Assembly Member Bryan
(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Bonta, Jackson, Kalra, Weber, and Wilson)
(Principal coauthor: Senator Becker)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Haney and McKinnor) Haney, McKinnor, Jones-Sawyer, Low, Santiago, and Lee)
(Coauthor: Senator Cortese)(Coauthors: Senators Bradford, Cortese, and Smallwood-Cuevas)

February 06, 2023

A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Sections 2 and 4 of Article II thereof, relating to elections.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


ACA 4, as introduced, Bryan. Elections: eligibility to vote.
The California Constitution authorizes a person to vote if the person is a United States citizen, at least 18 years of age, and a resident of the state. The California Constitution requires the Legislature to provide for the disqualification of electors while serving a state or federal prison term for the conviction of a felony.
This measure would repeal that requirement regarding the disqualification of electors incarcerated for felony convictions, thereby authorizing an otherwise qualified elector serving a state or federal prison term for the conviction of a felony to vote.
Vote: 2/3   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  
Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California at its 2023–24 Regular Session commencing on the fifth day of December 2022, two-thirds of the membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of the State of California that the Constitution of the State be amended as follows:

First—

 That Section 2 of Article II thereof is amended to read:

SEC. 2.
 (a)A United States citizen who is at least 18 years of age and a resident in this State may vote.

(b)An elector disqualified from voting while serving a state or federal prison term, as described in Section 4, shall have their right to vote restored upon the completion of their prison term.

Second—

 That Section 4 of Article II thereof is amended to read:

SEC. 4.
 The Legislature shall prohibit improper practices that affect elections and shall provide for the disqualification of electors while mentally incompetent or serving a state or federal prison term for the conviction of a felony. incompetent.

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REVISIONS:
Heading—Lines 6 and 7.
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