Voting Rights Bill Hearing in 1 Week - Call your Legislators

KFTC members lobbying in the halls of the Capitol Annex for voting rights

HB 70, our bill to restore voting rights to former felons who have served their debt to society, will be heard in the House Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee one week from today (Tuesday, February 2nd).  This is the first step in the process to amend our constitution, and it is important that we start the process off right. Please take three minutes to call the legislative message hotline this week to ask committee members to support the bill and join us in Frankfort for the hearing next week if you can.

Action #1

Call you legislators and leave a message

Call the Legislative Message Line, 1-800-372-7181 (7am-11pm M-F of this week) and ask to leave a message for legislators. The operator will then record your name and address. Specify that you want to leave the message for "Members of House Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee," plus your own Senator and Representative (if you don't know their names, the operator can look it up for you). Leave a simple message like "Please vote Yes on HB 70 to restore voting rights.â€

Action #2

Join us in Frankfort next Tuesday

Please join us at the House Elections and Constitutional Amendments committee meeting in which our voting rights bill will be heard. It's Tuesday, February 2nd at 8am in Capitol Annex room 171. Afterward, we'll break into teams to talk to legislators in anticipation of HB 70 reaching the House Floor. Contact Our voter empowerment organizer, Dave, or your local organizer if you wish to attend.

Save the date!

KFTC and allies will be holding our annual Voting Rights Rally and Lobby Day at the State Capitol on March 4th.  Join with hundreds of others as we gather to fight for our democracy.  Lobbying begins at 8 a.m. and the rally begins at 1 p.m.  Look for future emails for more details on the day.

For more information on our work on restoration of voting rights, and for other actions you can take, please visit our House Bill 70 page.