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Kentuckians For The Commonwealth on September 25, 2012 in Economic Justice, Tax Reform, workshop

We might know all sorts of budget numbers, tax statistics, and studies that tell us about the factors that weigh in to where business owners decide to locate and hire, but we still won't get very f

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Voter registration deadline in 2 weeks

Dave Newton on September 25, 2012 in , Voter Empowerment

gIMG_4821Voter registration  cards must be turned by two weeks from today - Tuesday, October 9th - into the correct County Clerk's office by the end of business hours, or postmarked and mailed to either the correct County Clerk or the State Board of Elections. 

Note that 17 year-olds who will be 18 on November 6th or earlier must register now so they can vote in the election.

Also note that students away at school can either use their permanent home address or their temporary school address as their voter registration address. It's completely up to them, but given that election day is a school day we encourage students to consider registering at school – because they're much more likely to vote if the voting location is close and easy to get to.  

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Weekend's Rally For Recovery a big boost to our Voting Rights campaign

Dave Newton on September 25, 2012 in Voting Rights, Kentucky Voting Rights Bill, Jefferson County, Voter Empowerment

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This past weekend, our allies at People Advocating Recovery (PAR) held their big, annual Rally For Recovery in Louisville and KFTC members were invited as always to talk to people about our campaign to restore voting rights to former felons who have served their debt to society. 

In all, we collected over 250 postcards in support of voting rights for former felons, registered half a dozen voters, and helped over a dozen former felons to start the process to request their rights back through the Governor's office. 

Some of the former felons we met were veterans of the armed services or otherwise people who had served their time long ago.  Few had any idea what the process might be to get voting rights restored in Kentucky and some had been given a lot of misinformation in the past. 

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KFTC registers 252 voters at EKU

Carey Henson on September 25, 2012 in , Madison County, Voter Empowerment

Last week, the Madison County chapter of KFTC partnered with Eastern Kentucky University for a Rock the Vote festival on campus. Despite the rain, hundreds of students gathered for a cookout and live music. Chapter members Margaret Ricketts and David Fields, along with student volunteers, registered two hundred fifty-two voters over the course of the day.

At lunch the rush to register was so long that a registration table and clipboards in the crowd still left people in line. But they waited patiently. Many students were excited about the opportunity to vote in their first presidential election. 

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Berea Human Rights Commission Anniversary

Cory Lowery on September 21, 2012 in , Madison County

On September 19th, several members of the Madison County Chapter joined with Bereans For Fairness and students from Berea College to mark the one year anniversary of Berea's Human Rights Commission

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Member speaks out for her community while Bowling Green passes business tax cut

Dana Beasley Brown
Kentuckians For The Commonwealth on September 21, 2012 in Economic Justice, Tax Reform, Southern Kentucky

The Bowling Green City Commission voted 4 - 1 to pass a local tax cut for businesses, the costs of which are unknown.

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Reel Power Film Fest at Union College

Tanya Turner on September 20, 2012 in

Over the last year or more, KFTC members at Union College and around Knox County have been gaining momentum toward building a local chapter and/or KFTC student group at Union.

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Tax reform is a hot topic in Kentucky this week, and KFTC members are featured

Molly Tevis Orona
Kentuckians For The Commonwealth on September 19, 2012 in Economic Justice, Tax Reform, State Budget

Today, a panel of economists released their slate of options to the Blue Ribbon Tax Reform Commission.

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Members enjoy first Shelby annual chapter meeting

By Lisa Aug on September 19, 2012 in New Energy and Transition, Energy Democracy, Shelby County

When people stop you at the dentist's office a week later to tell you how wonderful your annual meeting was, you can probably safely label it a success.

A group of KFTC members in Shelby County have been meeting together for several months and plan to petition at the statewide membership meeting in October to officially become a chapter.

In the meantime, 30 people enjoyed food, music and fun at the first Shelby chapter annual meeting September 10. Two of our members, Ann Ellerkamp and Gina Rose, catered the celebration for us at no charge and really outdid themselves with sweet and sour meatballs, meat and veggie wraps, stuffed dates, fresh fruit and veggies with dips and hummus, brie, brownies and cupcakes.

Shelby County poet Gail Chandler read several of her poems, evoking both her Kentucky childhood and her recent experiences helping people in Africa.

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Disenfranchisement of Kentuckians serving time for misdemeanors

Dave Newton on September 18, 2012 in Voting Rights, Kentucky Voting Rights Bill, Central Kentucky, Voter Empowerment

One of KFTC's major statewide campaigns is to restore voting rights to former felons who have served their debt to society.  But a little know fact is that Kentuckians convicted of even the most minor misdemeanors who happen to be serving jail time on Election Day also lose the right to vote (Kentucky Constitution, section 145)

Note that Kentuckians who are in jail for, but who have not been convicted of either a felony or a misdemeanor, may request an absentee ballot by contacting the County Clerk in the county they are registered to vote in.   

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