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Poll: Kentuckians support restoration of voting rights

Statewide polling results released Thursday by the League of Women Voters of Kentucky reveal that Kentuckians, by more than a 2-1 margin, support automatic restoration of voting rights to people who have completed their felony prison sentences. The majority of Kentuckians across political affiliation, gender and age categories, support the automatic restoration of voting rights, according to a February 2021 poll of Kentucky registered voters conducted by the Mason-Dixon Polling and Strategy Inc. of Jacksonville, Florida. Overall support is 67% in favor and 28% opposed in the poll taken from Feb. 1-4. “A constitutional amendment is needed to bring Kentucky into the norm nationally and Kentuckians show strong, sustained support for this commonsense change,” said Fran Wagner, League president, in a news release. “The time is now for HB 232 to be passed.”

LWV releases felony disenfranchisement report

The League of Women Voters of Kentucky released a state report, Felony Disenfranchisement in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, illustrating the progress Kentucky made in 2019 while encouraging further growth.

Kentucky restored voting rights to 178,000 with felonies That wasn t far enough, advocates say

Kentucky restored voting rights to 178,000 with felonies. That s not far enough, advocates say Chris Kenning, Louisville Courier Journal © Matt Stone/Courier Journal Gov. Andy Beshear signs an executive order in 2019 in the state Capitol in Frankfort to restore voting rights to nonviolent felons who have served their sentences. More than 178,390 Kentuckians who completed sentences for nonviolent felony convictions have regained their voting rights since Gov. Andy Beshear’s 2019 blanket pardon, meant to slash one of the country s highest voter disenfranchisement rates, a new report has found. © Matt Stone/Courier Journal The capitol rotunda was filled with visitors and the media for the executive order signing I believe in the law, Gov. Andy Beshear said. I also believe in redemption, in second chances. Around 140,000 non-violent felons will be able to vote again. Dec. 12, 2019

Editorial Roundup: Kentucky

Editorial Roundup: Kentucky
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