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Kentucky Restores Voting Rights to 180K Felons
Outgoing Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear (D) “has signed an executive order to restore the right to vote and hold public office to thousands of non-violent felons who’ve served out their sentences,” the Lexington Herald Leader reports.
“Kentucky was one of four states that did not automatically restore voting rights to felons once they completed all the terms of their sentences. Around 180,000 in Kentucky have served their sentences yet remain banned from casting ballots.”
Beshear Says Democrats Will Ride Obamacare to Victory
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear (D) has publicly urged national Democrats to run on the health care law, regardless of whether they’re from a red or a blue state, the Washington Post reports.
Said Beshear: “You can tell there’s a pent-up demand and a craving for access to health care. People came out of the woodwork in droves wanting to find about this… This is a winner for our people, and because it’s a winner for our people, it’s going to be a winner politically.”
He added: “In 2016, I predict the Democratic nominee will make this a major issue and will pound the Republicans into the dust with it.”
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