Former Felon Voices

April Browning

"First and foremost, I'm a mom," says April Browning, after mulling over my vague introductory question, asking her to tell me about herself. She subconsciously looks through the trees in the city park we're meeting in to make sure her son is still close by.

Ed West

Ed West, a forever resident of Lexington, Kentucky, is a community mentor, loving father of three, professional welder, supportive husband, part time preacher, and a car restoration enthusiast. Among all of Ed’s defining qualities, he also wears a stigmatizing label: former felon.

James Snyder

"I'm a veteran of 9 years in the U.S. Army infantry. My dad was in the military and I grew up on army bases. Both my grandfathers served in the military, too."

But despite this service and more, James Snyder does not have the right to vote here in Kentucky.

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Stories are Powerful

We've found that the stories of individual people with felonies in their past can go a long way to connecting with people throughout our Commonwealth, so we've collected this series of interviews over the years.

Kentucky's 312,000 citizens impacted by our regressive felony disenfranchisement laws include people from your community, people you know, and people you can relate to.

If you have lost the right to vote in Kentucky and you'd like to tell your story, please contact your local KFTC organizer or KFTC's Democracy Organizer - Dave Newton at [email protected] or 859-420-8919

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