Newly sworn-in Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear restored voting rights for over 140,000 former felons in the state through an executive order, his office announced
"My faith teaches me to treat others with dignity and respect. My faith also teaches forgiveness and that is why I am restoring voting rights to over one hundred forty thousand Kentuckians who have done wrong in the past, but are doing right now," Beshear, a Democrat, said in a statement."I want to lift up all of our families and I believe we have a moral responsibility to protect and expand the right to vote.
The order does not apply to those incarcerated for treason, bribery in an election and many violent offenses.Read MoreVoting rights measures coming from the governor's office have been a point of contention in Kentucky across several administrations. Beshear's father, former Gov. Steve Beshear, issued an executive order in 2015 restoring felons' voting rights. But Bevin promptly reversed it with his own executive order upon taking office later that year.
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