In a letter to California Governor Jerry Brown, LDF urges the signing of Assembly Bill (AB) 2466, which will codify a recent court decision, Scott v. Bowen, concerning voter eligibility and eliminate residual ambiguity in state law regarding the impact that a felony conviction has on voting. The Bill would amend the California’s Elections Code to codify the Scott ruling and ensure that more than 50,000 people under mandatory and post-release community supervision can vote and participate in our democracy. It will also clarify that, consistent with the California Constitution, eligible voters serving a term in the county jail for low-level, nonviolent offenses are not denied the fundamental right to vote.
Read the full letter here.
