https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/pos ... st-felons/

"Research shows that ex-felons who vote are less likely to commit new crime and return to prison. That’s because if you vote, you tend to be more engaged in society.”


The legal system that continues to punish is a pet peeve of mine. It was a Dem gov that did this and I bet this generates theories by the more punitive crowd.

Restoring voting rights is important...this is great news.

Great to see a politician use an executive order for something that genuinely benefits society.

Step in the right direction.

Wait, whut? Restoring rights reeks of rehabilitation. Not retribution.

There is a marvelous group of bleeding heart liberals called "Kentuckians for the Commonwealth". While most of their work has been environmental in nature (particularly in the Appalachians coal mining areas) they work on other issues as well. Voting rights restoration is one of them. Approximately 144,000 non-violent offenders regained their right to vote.

The governor is being criticized for not doing this before the election, since the democrats lost in many races, including governor.

What's to keep the next Governor, a Republican, from saying that was a mistake and issuing his executive order resending this order? Can't have them jailbirds voting. They might vote democratic.

Once reinstated, the rights could not be taken away again. However, a new governor could take those rights away for newly-convicted felons.

senorgrand wrote:Once reinstated, the rights could not be taken away again. However, a new governor could take those rights away for newly-convicted felons.

It is Kentucky where God rules in certain counties. Also the Republicans have done a pretty good job with denying abortion rights to women and even voting rights to minorities after those rights were given.