Give it back.

Several voting rights advocates use that phrase today to make the case for action on behalf of Kentuckians with past felony convictions who still can't vote.

Today's rally at the Capitol included some people who lived that experience.

Among them, Alonzo Malone.

He read from the 15th Amendment to the US Constitution, often called the Voting Rights Amendment.

And he says nothing written there justifies his long wait to finally have his voting rights restored.

There was a crime committed against me and the words the Bible came together and we come to know as the representatives of the state and even as the governor, I would like to go the government son and I executive order are given the rights to 200,000.

But there's still much more to do.

So we only got to go back, open the pandemic and.

Get back to help us.

But I'd like to find everyone who fought to.

The line to give it back.

As was shared, Governor Andy Beshear restored voting rights to 140,000 Kentucky in 2019 by executive order.

The progressive group Kentucky Arms for the Commonwealth says about 312,000 Kentuckians still can't vote, even though they've served their time.

The group wants a constitutional amendment to change that.