Kentucky governor restores voting rights for 100,000 nonviolent felons

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) signed an order on Thursday restoring voting rights to more than 100,000 people with nonviolent felony convictions, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Why it matters: Iowa is now the only state in the country with a lifetime ban on voting for anyone convicted of a felony. Convicted felons in Kentucky previously had to seek clemency from the governor on an individual basis.

The League of Women Voters of Kentucky issued a report in January that some 312,000 people feel disenfranchised because of felony convictions.
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