General Assembly
Tell the House to protect HB 70
After the Senate gutted the voting rights amendment (HB 70) last week, the bill is now back in the House. Please call 800-372-7181 and leave a message for your Representative and all House members. Tell them, “Do not concur with the Senate committee substitute to HB 70.” This is a necessary step to move towards negotiations between the House and Senate.
We remain hopeful that the Senate will eventually support the House version of this bill, which has wide bi-partisan support. The message line is open until 11 p.m. on weekdays.
Thayer's wrecking ball takes out bill
Under the guise of hearing a bill to restore voting rights to some offenders, the Kentucky Senate gutted it and replaced it with a harshly restrictive measure that Raoul Cunningham, president of the Louisville NAACP, said can only be described as a voter suppression bill.
Telecom giants benefit but Kentucky could lose
Senate Bill 99, the AT&T-drafted legislation, is a great deal for the telecommunications giants AT&T, Windstream and Cincinnati Bell. It will allow them to abandon their least profitable customers and service areas as well as public protection obligations. But it is a risky and potentially dangerous bet for Kentuckians. Kentucky House members should turn it down.
April and Teddi shouldn't have to wait flyers
These flyers tell the stories of two former felons who would be impacted by a proposed change to our voting rights amendment that would add a five to ten year waiting period before automatic restoration of voting rights.
Tell the Senate to pass our Voting Rights Amendment as-is
House Bill 70, the restoration of voting rights
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