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TODAY is the Voter Registration Deadline in Kentucky

April 22, 2012 at 08:00pm

gIMG_4683All voter registrations for the May 22nd Primary Election must be received at the County Clerk's office or postmarked by today, Monday, April 23rd.

If you want to check your voter registration status just to be safe, visit the Voter Information Center here.

If you're not registered, or need to update your voter address, get down to your local County Clerk's office and register or download a mail-in voter registration card and get it post-marked today.

Another Big Day in Georgetown - Voter Guides, Earth Day, Kites, Ben Sollee, Recycling and More

April 21, 2012 at 08:00pm
Rolling Bluegrass

At noon, Scott County KFTC members came back to the Kite Fest with the first 150 copies of our Georgetown Voter Guide, with candidates responses on a number of issues. 

Today's Scott County Field Work

April 20, 2012 at 08:00pm
Rolling Bluegrass

Despite some rainy, dreary weather today, Scott County KFTC members came out to the Georgetown Kite Fest today to register voters and talk about recycling.

We registered a handful of voters and passed out a lot of information about our recycling campaign and left the event with several pages of signed petition for  curbside recycling in Georgetown.

Voter registration deadline in 1 week

April 15, 2012 at 08:00pm

All voter registrations for the May Primary Election must be received at the County Clerk's office or postmarked by Monday, April 23rd, one week from today.

KFTC Candidate Surveys due in in 1 week

April 12, 2012 at 08:00pm

With the Primary Election coming up soon on May 22nd, the citizens of Kentucky have a lot of work to do to learn about candidates and decide who to vote for in a host of races from the Presidential primary, to local legislative office, and even city offices.  It's a lot to sort through and candidates don't generally do a good job of volunteering their stances on many issues either. 

Voter Registration Deadline Approaching April 23rd

April 3, 2012 at 08:00pm
Madison County

Later this month on April 23rd is the deadline to register to vote for the May 22nd Primary Election in Kentucky, so KFTC is ramping up its voter registration field work.

We didn't win. But we didn't lose, either.

April 2, 2012 at 08:00pm

With just one final work day of the Legislative Session ahead of us on April 12th, it has become procedurally impossible for our voting rights bill (HB 70) to clear the remaining steps to pass on the Senate floor, absent some miraculous bending of Senate rules that would be too much to hop

Scott County KFTC Update

April 1, 2012 at 08:00pm
Rolling Bluegrass

Scott County KFTC Chapter member have had a few productive months, bringing many scores of people up to Frankfort for I Love Mountains Day, the Voting Rights Rally, Immigration Lobby Day, and other key events, while continuing to do solid organizing back home to build our chapter and move our issues forward.

Voices Still Ringing for Voting Rights

March 30, 2012 at 08:00pm
Big Sandy

The most recent one hour public affairs program  Mountain Talk on WMMT 88.7, mountain community radio broadcasting from Whitesburg, focused on the

Activists descend on Frankfort to push for the restoration of voting rights

March 14, 2012
LEO Weekly

Optimism marks coalition push for voting rights.

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