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Restoration of voting rights call-in day and action on Monday

by Erik Hungerbuhler last modified September-26-2008 05:56 PM

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Monday is just one week from the Voter Registration Deadline, which still gives Governor Beshear a slim window to issue a blanket restoration of voting rights order to all former felons who have served their time, so that all of them will have time to register and vote in this critical election.

KFTC is organizing a call-in day and small action in Frankfort Monday, September 29th, to show the Governor that there is support for restoration of voting rights to former felons, to thank him for streamlining the process, and to show support for greater steps to provide access to our democracy.

Take Action

We encourage everyone to take time Monday to call Governor Beshear to let him know you support his move to streamline the restoration process and that you also call on him to give a blanket restoration of voting rights order to former felons in time for them to be able to vote this year.

Governor's Office Main Line: (502) 564-2611
Fax: (502) 564-2517
Online Contact form

Also, if you are able, please join us in Frankfort Monday at 2pm in the Capitol Rotunda.  We'll meet, carrying 186 strands of paper dolls, each representing 1,000 people who can't vote in Kentucky because of our extreme felony disenfranchisement laws. We're not aiming to make this a large rally, but the more the merrier.

Thank you for taking action!

voter restoration

Posted by carl at September-27-2008 12:01 PM
thank you for creating the easy access whereby, I could contact the Govenors office concerning this tremendously important issue of voting rights. Having a son who is a recovering drug addict and who would benefit personally,I know for sure the Govenor could make a positive statement to the other felons of Kentucky(incentive) who have "done the crime but served the time" I pray other Kentuckians will take a few minutes and contact the Govenors' Office, also.

Paper dolls

Posted by Dave at September-28-2008 06:17 PM
We just made 186 paper dolls ar the KFTC Office in Lexington, each representing 1,000 people who can't vote in Kentucky because of a felony conviction.

We'll present these to Governor Beshear in the afternoon.

Many thanks to Jan Ewing for the great idea and the great bulk of the work to bring it together.

I'll call

Posted by Aaron Ragsdale at September-28-2008 10:09 PM
I'll call in the morning - it's the least I can do.