Kentucky Republicans push restrictive voting law after landmark Democratic win
New bureaucratic hurdle where voters must carry ID with a photo likely to affect minorities and students.
Last month, Kentucky elected Democratic governor Andy Beshear in a closely watch election – a landmark blue win in a mostly conservative state. One of the core promises of his campaign was to restore voting rights to 140,000 people with felony convictions, which he fulfilled immediately after taking office.
Weeks after Beshear issued his historic executive order, however, Kentucky Republicans have proposed a restrictive new bureaucratic hurdle that will likely make it more difficult for minorities and students in the state to vote.
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Kentucky already requires voter ID at the polls, but the new policy would take this a step further to require a photo and an expiration date. Minorities, who are less likely to possess an acceptable form of ID, and students, are particularly likely to be affected. The University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville, two of the biggest schools in the state, do not currently have expiration dates on their student IDs. This is a tactic that has been used in several other states, often to curb the vote of young and transient populations more likely to vote for Democrats.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/10/kentucky-republicans-voter-fraud
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I think the new GOTV campaign needs to include "Get your Photo ID".
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...two of the biggest schools in the state, do not currently have expiration dates on their student IDs"
Why couldn't those universities simply stamp an expiration date on ID cards, even if specifically for the upcoming election?
I really, really hate them.
more from OP's article:
“It’s a solution in search of a problem. There’s no issue in Kentucky elections with in-person impersonation,” said Joshua Douglas, a law professor at the University of Kentucky who served on Adams’ transition team. He added that Kentucky already has some of the most restrictive voting laws in the country – a 30-day cutoff for voter registration and no early voting period.
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When is the media gonna expose these CROOKED elections officials????? THIS IS ELECTION MALPRACTICE!!!!!!! The voters have done NOTHING wrong to justify this measure.
K&R for exposure
McTurd ended up --
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/us/mitch-mcconnell-election-security-bill-.html
Democratic Kentucky Voters, if you're listening...GOTV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
