Tonight UK KFTC is hosting a forum on Restoration of Voting Rights for former felons. The event is at 7:00 at UK’s Student Center room 211. Rep. Crenshaw and former UK basketball player Tayna Fogle will be speaking about the issue. We’ll also be showing excerpts from the film Democracies Ghosts a very powerful film. Several other organizations have agreed to cosponsor the event including: UK College Democrats, Amnesty International, LASO, Newman Center, Black Student Union, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, UK NAACP.
If anyone is curious about the issue, this is a great way to learn about it. Over 186,000 Kentuckians are unable to vote because they are former felons. In a country where Democracy is so cherished this a very anachronistic. Kentucky is only one of two states that does this. So please come out and learns about it. After the forum, i’ll post information on how it went and more information on the issue.
