By David Siders in The Sacramento Bee

June 30, 2016

Gov. Jerry Brown’s constitutional amendment to make some nonviolent felons eligible for early parole qualified for the November ballot on Thursday – the statutory deadline – after a harried signature-gathering effort and intervention from the California Supreme Court.

The measure’s qualification, the 15th for the fall ballot, followed a Supreme Court ruling earlier this month overturning a bid to block the measure on procedural grounds.