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Back to School: Noncitizen Parents in San Francisco Able to Vote in School Board Elections

Election Law Society · February 5, 2018 ·

By: Joseph Montgomery

One year ago, San Francisco voters approved a ballot measure that allows noncitizen parents of K-12 schoolchildren to vote in local school board elections.  This measure, known as Proposition N, received 53% of the vote in the November 2016 election.  Specifically, it allows San Franciscan parents, legal guardians, or legally-recognized caregivers to vote for school board members, regardless of their immigration status.  The person must be of legal voting age and not in prison or on parole for a felony conviction.  Proposition N will become effective for the November elections in 2018, 2020, and 2022, and can only be extended after that through an ordinance by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

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