Kentucky

Kentucky’s practice of permanently stripping away the voting rights of citizens convicted of felonies may soon change, according to Attorney Ben Carter in an opinion-editorial in The Courier-Journal. Currently three states, Florida, Kentucky and Iowa, permanently strip voting rights. Only Vermont and Maine do not strip voting rights at all. All the other states temporarily strip voting rights. Twenty-six percent of voting-age Black Kentuckians cannot vote due to the combination of felony convictions and the state’s racially biased … [Read more...] about Kentucky voting rights may change for ex-felons