Kentuckians with felonies cast first votes since Beshear restored voting rights

More than 140,000 Kentuckians with felonies had the opportunity to vote in Tuesday’s primary election for the first time since Gov. Andy Beshear restored their voting rights in December.

Juan Gomez was among them.

“You can probably see how happy I am. You can see my eyes tearing up. I’m just ecstatic. I am just so happy that it finally came. It was a long time coming but I knew the day was going to come,” said Gomez.