In its current form, the state Constitution disenfranchises Californians with felony convictions who are still incarcerated or on parole. People on probation, in contrast, already have their right to vote enshrined in the state Constitution. The new measure, Proposition 17, will re-enfranchise about 50,000 people, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The measure won support from prominent California Democrats, including vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris and Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, who wrote the initiative. It passed with 59 percent of the vote, according to a projection by The New York Times.