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Originally Posted by Kraftwerk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You do not have to be actually serving time in a prison to be disenfranchised from voting. In California a person falls under a category making them ineligible to vote if they are either serving time or on parole. That being said, there are approximately 150,000 CA felons in prison and 110,000 CA parolees. That being said, the results of the Proposition 19 voting was as follows:

Yes - 3,297,590
No - 3,826,487

Even if one illogically assumes the entirety of the prison and parolee population combined (~260,000) were only there due to marijuana charges and would have otherwise voted yes for proposition 19, the results would still be a failed ballot as follows:

Yes - ~3,557,590
No - 3,826,487

Meaning, regardless of who was in prison/on parole for whatever reason and falls under voter ineligibility due to felony conviction, Proposition 19 still would have failed.

That's only current parolees you need to take the data of past criminals who still haven't gone through the process of regaining their voting rights.