Please email the US Commission in Civil Rights to make public comments about Restoration of Voting Rights for Former Felons today

The deadline to email comments in is today.  Please get them in if at all possible!

The Kentucky Advisory Committee to the US Commission on Civil Rights is planning a project to examine voting rights for ex-felons (much like a similar project in Florida not long ago).

The project consists of two main parts; identifying an accurate number of disenfranchised individuals taking into account recidivism and excluding any individuals currently serving time, the other was a myriad of qualitative interviews with people ranging from advocacy groups to mayors to local law enforcement.

Member of the public are encouraged to submit written comments regarding their thoughts on the restoration of voting rights. These comments, once submitted will be presented to the subcommittee. This could have an impact on their ultimate decision to undertake this project.

The deadline for the comments is November 17, 2008. Please email your comments to Peter Minarik at [email protected]