Voting rights for paroleesProp 17 would grant California felony parolees the right to vote. Under current laws passed in 1974, Californians convicted of felonies can only vote after they have completed parole.The measure is supported by Equality California, the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, the Alice B.
Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, the California Democratic Party, and San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin. (Neither of California's major political parties responded to requests for comment for this story.)"California is only one of a handful of states that denies the right to vote to people on parole but allows people on probation to vote," Samuel Garrett-Pate, the communications director for EQCA, said in a phone interview with.