California Initiative to Reform Prop 47 Qualifies for November Election Ballot: Secretary of State

Measure to revise Prop 47 garnered more than 600,000 valid signatures.

California's Secretary of State Shirley Weber speaks in Los Angeles, Calif., on April 15, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

California’s Secretary of State, Shirley Weber, notified state elections officials on June 11 that a measure to reform Proposition 47 has qualified for the November ballot.

Proposition 47, commonly referred to as Prop 47, was passed a decade ago by voters in California with the aim of reducing the state’s burgeoning prison population.