California Proposition 8, Voting Prohibition for Those Serving a Sentence Amendment (1960)

California Proposition 8
Election date November 8, 1960
Topic Elections and campaigns
Status d Defeated
Type Constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

California Proposition 8 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in California on November 8, 1960. It was defeated.

A “yes” vote supported changing prohibitions for voters to prohibiting voters who are serving a sentence for an infamous crime and those convicted of treason from voting.

A “no” vote opposed changing prohibitions for voters to prohibiting voters who are serving a sentence for an infamous crime and those convicted of treason from voting, thus keeping the current law that prohibits those convicted of an infamous crime from voting.

Election results

California Proposition 8
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		2,353,761	44.79%
No		2,901,080	55.21%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 8 was as follows:

“

Eligibility to Vote

”

Ballot summary

The ballot summary for this measure was:

“

Assembly Constitutional Amendment No.5. Changes prohibitions of eligibility to vote from those convicted of infamous crime to those convicted of felony during, punishment therefor and those convicted of treason.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the California Constitution

A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the California State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

See also

1960 Measures

• 1960 Measures
• Elections and campaigns on the ballot
• 1960 legislative sessions

California

• California ballot measures
• California ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• California Voter Guide (November 1960)