In 1890, a Kentucky delegate warned that “the right to vote is too sacred to depend upon the act of a Legislature.” The convention kept that power anyway. 135 years later, 158,000+ Kentuckians still can’t vote. #KYpol #CreativeRecess
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The Arithmetic of Belonging
Kentucky didn’t build its voting trapdoor in 1891. It welded it shut. On Section 145, a governor’s grace, and the 158,300 Kentuckians still subtracted from the electorate. Possibility Pages, Part I of...