US voting rights: Governor lifts lifetime ban on voting for more than 100,000 former felons in Kentucky

Ban disproportionately affected black Kentuckians, due to disparities in the criminal justice system. Roughly a quarter of black voting age population in the state was kept from voting

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kentucky-governor-voting-ban-felons-andy-beshear-democrat-a9244631.html
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