The Sentencing Project 

Nearly a quarter-million people in Kentucky are denied voting rights due to prior felony convictions, ranking among the highest disenfranchisement rates in the country, according to a new report released Tuesday by the League of Women Voters of Kentucky. The findings come as Kentucky lawmakers again consider legislation that would restore voting rights to people with felony convictions.  With an estimated 243,842 of its adults barred from voting, Kentucky has the nation's third-highest disenfranchisement rate, behind Florida and Mississippi, the report said. Re-enfranchisement proposals have been stymied for years in the General Assembly.