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There's still hope for HB 70

March 26, 2012 at 08:00pm

Your calls, emails, letters and face-to-face meetings with senators have made a difference. We have unprecedented momentum behind HB 70, and feel confident that we have the 23 votes needed in the Senate to get this proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot. Despite this movement, however, we have no guarantee that there will be a hearing and vote in the Senate.

Reproductive Health and Voter Registration in Hazard

March 25, 2012 at 08:00pm
Perry County

While our Economic Justice committee and state wide members were raising their voices (and yard sale prices!) for fairer taxes and a balanced budget at the Capitol today, high schoolers in Hazard were learning and talking about their reproductive health, most for the very first ti

Restoration of Voting Rights on WMMT Mountain Radio

March 24, 2012 at 08:00pm

Hundreds of  Kentuckians, from Louisville to Whitesburg, turned out to the Capitol earlier this month in support of House Bill 70- our bill to restore voting rights to most former felons who

KFTC 2012 Voter Empowerment Landscape Preview

March 24, 2012 at 08:00pm

KFTC's Voter Empowerment program in a given year focuses on voter Registration, Education and Mobilization efforts to make our Democracy more sound so that we can tend to come to better decisions as a Commonwealth.  We believe that large percentages of our state tend to get left our of our Democracy, so we focus our efforts on youth communities, people of color communities and low income commun

Talk Radio Discussing Voting Rights Sunday

March 23, 2012 at 08:00pm
Northern Kentucky

Ken Moellman, the host of an online radio program, will be spending half of his show tomorrow to discuss the voting rights campaign.

Former Felon Voices - Ed West, Lexington

March 21, 2012 at 08:00pm

In an attempt to share more of the stories from former felons across the Commonwealth, we’re presenting a series of short interviews every few weeks on our blog and in our newsletter balancing the scales.

Opinions Stacking up in Favor of HB 70

March 19, 2012 at 08:00pm

There have been a few notable op-eds in favor of HB 70, our Voting Rights bill, in the last few days from leaders of the religious community and law enforcement community. 

Voting Rights - Video, Media, and Action!

March 15, 2012 at 08:00pm
Rolling Bluegrass

Here's some of the video feed from last week's big Voting Rights Rally in Frankfort.  You can scroll through and find different speakers who came out to tell their stories that day.

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