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2007 House Bill 36 (Allow some former felons to vote again)

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  • Introduced by Rep. Tom Riner on January 2, 2007, to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote, to permit a person convicted of a felony, except felonious sex offenders and felons convicted of violent crimes, to vote after the person has served the sentence for the offense, lived three consecutive years without re-offending, and performed 100 hours of community service. The bill would subject the proposed amendment to the voters for ratification or rejection.
    • Referred to the House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs Committee on January 3, 2007.

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Introduced by Rep. Tom Riner on January 2, 2007. New Comment

1) Sounds reasonable [by newmark on October 5, 2006]
This sounds reasonable. Once someone has completed the term of incarceration and/or probation, they should not continue to be punished for the rest of their life.

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2) Exclusions [by Anonymous Citizen on October 3, 2006]
What's the rational for excluding sex offenders and violent offenders? If they have served their sentences and met the requirements listed, I don't see why their voting rights shouldn't be restored. If we are going to make restrictions of this nature, surely it would be better to restrict perpetrators of so called "white collar crimes" who so often tend to be people whose business interests cause them to enter the political process and who work with government for their own ends. I personally think there should be no distinction on voting rights. If you have served your time, met the other requirements, your rights should be restored unless the state can show there is some overriding reason to withhold them.
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