Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order restoring voting rights to more than 140,000 people with nonviolent felony convictions, one of his earliest acts after being sworn into office
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order Thursday restoring voting rights to more than 140,000 people with nonviolent felony convictions, one of his earliest acts after being sworn into office.
The order, which applies to those who have completed their sentences, fulfills a promise the Democrat made in his campaign against Republican incumbent Matt Bevin. Under Kentucky law, felons permanently lose the right to vote, unless a governor restores it, making it one of the strictest disenfranchisement statutes in the...
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