Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear Restores Voting Rights To Felons
Some 140,000 felons will be eligible to vote once more.
Kentucky's new governor has restored voting rights to felons in the state, in an executive order signed days after he took office.
With Thursday's order, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear returned the right to vote and hold public office to more than 140,000 nonviolent offenders who have completed their sentences.
"I think it’s critically important," Beshear says. "Not just for democracy but also an understanding that people can make mistakes, yet they can rebuild their lives, and they ought to have the dignity of voting once they do."
