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  • Skanky@lemmy.world
    25·
    26 days ago

    Here in ky, to nobody’s surprise, we have some Republican bullshittery.

    Prop 1 adds wording to the state constitution that makes it illegal for all non-US citizens to vote… Which is already the State law. Vote NO.

    Prop 2 is a doozie - enables the state to funnel public funds to charter schools under the guise of “educational freedom” or some bullshit like that. HARD NO on that one!

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldOPM
      14·
      26 days ago

      Yeah, 1 is already illegal and 2 sounds like they want to take public dollars away from public schools and feed it to religious ones. 🙄

      • Schmoo@slrpnk.net
        9·
        26 days ago

        Kentucky’s state constitution has uniquely strong protections for public school funding, and amendment 2 nullifies all of them in one go.

        Here’s the wording:

        To give parents choices in educational opportunities for their children, are you in favor of enabling the General Assembly to provide financial support for the education costs of students in kindergarten through 12th grade who are outside the system of common (public) schools by amending the Constitution of Kentucky as stated below?

        IT IS PROPOSED THAT A NEW SECTION BE ADDED TO THE CONSTITUTION OF KENTUCKY TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

        The General Assembly may provide financial support for the education of students outside the system of common schools. The General Assembly may exercise this authority by law, Sections 59, 60, 171, 183, 184, 186, and 189​ of this Constitution notwithstanding.

        I genuinely think most KY voters don’t know what notwithstanding means, if they even bother to read that far.

      • Skanky@lemmy.world
        4·
        26 days ago

        100% it’s gonna go to religious schools. I’m not even sure that any non-religious private schools even exist in this backwards-ass state

        • nickiwest@lemmy.world
          2·
          25 days ago

          They do. There are a few elite non-religious private schools in Louisville.

          But they are far outnumbered by parochial schools.

    • EpeeGnome@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      26 days ago

      We have the same thing as your prop 1 on the ballot in South Carolina. It’s already illegal at the state and federal level. It’s just on there to help get low information conservatives to the polls, since they are convinced the Democrats want to change the law to let “the illegals” vote.

    • Billiam@lemmy.world
      2·
      26 days ago

      Hello fellow Kentuckian!

      I saw a story this week that pointed out in Arkansas, 80% of students who got vouchers didn’t enroll in private schools. In other words, if your parents couldn’t afford private schools before, they most likely still couldn’t even with vouchers.

      That’s what’s on the ballot for KY. NO ON 2!

    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
      2·
      26 days ago

      You want to vote Yes on 1 because it doesn’t change anything and then they can’t whine about Demoncrats trying to let illegals keep voting.

    • nieminen@lemmy.world
      1·
      24 days ago

      My wife and I tried, looks like we lost the presidential for KY, not super surprised, but disappointed.

      Glad we won prop 2 though. We don’t have kids, and they’re not in our future, but they already keep taking too many funds from public schools.

      Anyone have the result for prop 1?