Same-sex marriage is already legal in California, so the amendment won’t change anything, at least in the foreseeable future. Rather, the constitutional change removes a previous provision that barred same-sex marriage and adds new protections in the event the U.S. Supreme Court overturns existing precedent.

California voters have weighed in on Proposition 3, the Constitutional Right to Marriage, a measure aimed at amending the California Constitution. This amendment seeks to remove language from the state constitution that defines marriage solely as a union between a man and a woman,

A California measure that would remove a 2008 ban on same-sex marriage from the state constitution is projected by the Associated Press to pass.

California's Proposition 3, the path to legalizing marriage for same-sex couples, will pass, ABC News projects.