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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dani Anguiano

California voters could get to vote on toughening charges for some crimes

Dozens of men in white and blue T-shirts stand and play on a basketball court.
Incarcerated people use the yard to exercise in San Quentin state prison in California on 26 July 2023. Photograph: Felix Uribe Jr/The Guardian

California voters could have the chance to undo certain provisions of Proposition 47, the progressive 2014 ballot measure that changed some crimes from felonies to misdemeanors in an effort to reduce crowding in state prisons.

The California secretary of state confirmed on Tuesday that organizers have collected enough signatures to put a proposal to reform the measure on the ballot on 5 November.

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