Voting with disabilities: Major improvements in Kentucky
In 2016, Kentucky was dead last in disability voting rates. In 2020, we had the largest increase in disability voting rates in the country. Dr. Neal Turpin explains why.
Policy
Articles discussing a current or proposed policy, and what is good and bad about it.
Why we should use vote-by-mail in November
The primary election in Kentucky was, overall, a success. Allowing voting by mail kept people safe during a pandemic and increased turnout at the same time. There were certainly issues [https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article243731882.html]. Ballots took too long to receive. Early voting hours in many places
If the George Floyd video had been taken in Kentucky, this bill would have kept us from seeing it.
Under a bill proposed in the 2020 General Assembly, bystander videos depicting acts of violence by police officers resulting in death would have been inaccessible in Kentucky if in the hands of a public agency.
Three reasons the Voter ID bill is bad — and what we should do instead
Last week, Republicans in the state Senate debuted SB2 [https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb2/orig_bill.pdf], a law requiring voters to possess a photo ID in order to cast a ballot. Supported by newly-elected Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams, SB2 appears to be part
Kentucky universities continue to hide behind FERPA
A law enacted in 1974 for the important purpose of protecting student privacy has been bastardized by some Kentucky universities to avoid accountability and evade their duty of candor to the public.
Voting with disabilities? It’s tough in the Bluegrass
The ability to freely cast a ballot is fundamental to democracy. While most adults in the US have the right to vote (those convicted of felonies [https://forwardky.com/time-to-restore-felon-voting-rights/] being a major exclusion), many in this country still face serious practical barriers to casting a ballot. One group facing
