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UK's Student Government Election Today and Tomorrow

March 31, 2009 at 08:00pm
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University of Kentucky KFTC members have been working in the past few weeks to bring our principles of increasing democracy and educating and mobilizing voters into their campus Student Government Association Election.

Herald Leader letters related to Former Felons and Voting

March 24, 2009 at 08:00pm

The Lexington Herald-Leader published three letters to the editor today on the topic of voting rights and former felons.  Most of the letters directly responded to an earlier Herald editorial in support of allowing a vote on House Bill 70. 

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March 11, 2009 at 08:00pm

Unfair penalties for ex-felons
From March 12th's Kentucky Herald-Leader



What is it that state Sen. Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, has against voting?

Voting Rights Letter to the Editor in Today's Herald-Leader

March 3, 2009 at 07:00pm

KFTC member and retired probation supervisor Linda Martin got this letter published in the Herald-Leader today. 

HB 70 Stalled in the Senate

February 28, 2009 at 07:00pm

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Kentucky Census Jobs Open

February 21, 2009 at 07:00pm

 

The U.S Census Bureau has opened offices in Lexington and Louisville and will be filling 2,000 jobs across the state for early census operations.  In 2009, they will open five additional census offices in Kentucky to carry out the 2010 Census and will need people in every community in the state.

Call Your Legislators - HB 70

February 21, 2009 at 07:00pm

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Please take a moment tomorrow and for the rest of the week to leave a message on the Legislative Message line to let your legislators know you support House Bill 70 to restore voting rights to former felons who have served their debt to society.

So – if it’s in the Senate, is it still called HB 70?

February 16, 2009 at 07:00pm

It's a procedural question we've gotten a lot lately.  The short answer is Yes.

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