California Measure to Restore Voting Rights to Parolees Advances

An armed California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officer escorts a condemned inmate at San Quentin State Prison's death row in San Quentin, Calif., on Aug. 15, 2016. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

A proposal that would ask California voters in November whether prison parolees should be allowed to vote was approved by a key Senate committee on June 18.

ACA 6 (Assembly Constitutional Amendment 6) seeks to amend California’s constitution to restore the rights of parolees to vote upon their release from state or federal prison.