Posted on 12/10/2019 1:59:34 PM PST by yesthatjallen
In his inaugural address, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said he will file an executive order this week restoring the voting rights of many convicted felons who are currently disenfranchised under state law.
“My faith teaches me to treat others with dignity and respect,” the new Democratic governor told his audience outside the state Capitol. “My faith also teachers forgiveness.”
“That’s why on Thursday I will sign an executive order restoring voting rights to over a hundred thousand men and women who have done wrong in the past but are doing right now. They deserve to participate in our great democracy,” Beshear said.
The speech offered no details about Beshear’s forthcoming order, which felons would be covered or how the restoration process would work.
Of the 50 states, only Kentucky and Iowa still deny the right to vote to anyone convicted of a felony. Iowa’s governor is calling for a constitutional amendment to restore voting rights to felons in her state.
Kentucky has an estimated 242,000 felons who are disenfranchised despite having completed their sentences, according to a 2016 report by the Sentencing Project, a criminal-justice reform advocacy group. That includes one in every four of the state’s African-American adults, according to the report.
Under Kentucky’s Constitution, voting rights can be restored solely by the governor.
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Did his campaign funding include drug money?
I wonder what his “faith” teaches about infanticide?
thanks libretardians..
Super R majorities in legislator so not likely on guns. Junior is following the Democrat playbook for KY governors and will soon be spreading the graft and $ around like daddy did. And those idiot teachers pensions will be further looted by Junior. The R’s in KY government have the ability to make Juniors life miserable IF they will just do it, especially the AG.
He fired the entire state board of education immediately, something he sued Bevin for and lost and is citing the Bevin case as precedent. The superintendent of education is supposed to be fired by his new board because he only has 5 yrs classroom experience and isn’t a teachers union ass kisser. Bevin, Bevin your mouth cost you and the state...
Agreed. They also need to quarter the fine upstanding voters in your teenage daughters room. I think felons need to be embraced.
Isn’t it funny how democrats know criminals will vote for them. Birds of a feather....
They should. This is one time that whites and republicans benefit. Thank you Kentucky. Ha! Democrats shoot foot again.
We are not talking Illinois here. Lol.
A valid question. Personally, I believe that once you've served your time, and any probation, you should have ALL of your rights restored.
“My faith teaches me to treat others with dignity and respect,” the new Democratic governor told his audience outside the state Capitol. “My faith also teachers forgiveness.”
“my faith also teaches me that these felons will be voting for me.
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