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California Voter Registration Provisions

February 19, 2022 8:15 amFebruary 19, 2022 7:54 am

California’s Elections Code contains numerous voter registration provisions. Division 2 (“Voters”), Chapter 2 (“Registration”), Article 1 contains General Provisions and includes Sections 2100 – 2124. Section 2100 prohibits a person from being registered except upon the production and filing of...

Senate Passes Amendment Granting Voting Rights to Felons on Parole

June 25, 2020 3:03 pmJune 26, 2020 5:54 am

If voters approve of the amendment this fall, 48,000 people on parole in California would be allowed to vote in the next election. On Wednesday, the Senate passed a constitutional amendment that would allow felons on parole to vote,...

Demanding Rights They Already Have, What Are Women Marchers So Angry About?

January 19, 2020 11:08 amJanuary 21, 2020 8:43 am

Ironically, the Desert Tortoise, Delta Smelt and Spotted Owl have more rights than the ‘unborn.’ Planned Parenthood signs, Grannies From Davis, UC Davis students, and thousands of other angry women marched again at the California State Capitol on Saturday....

Bill to allow formerly imprisoned felons to vote passes in the Assembly

September 6, 2019 1:50 pmSeptember 9, 2019 9:59 am

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 6, which would allow paroled felons in the state to vote, has passed the assembly, and is on its way for a Senate vote. The amendment had ten members of the Assembly introduce it: Assemblymembers Kevin McCarty...