It's not just Amendment two.
Kentuckians will also be asked to pick a side on Amendment One, which, if passed, would add language to the state constitution about who is allowed to vote in Kentucky.
Critics of that amendment call it, quote, redundant and divisive.
It is proposed that Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky be amended to read as follows.
Every citizen of the United States of the age of 18 years who has resided in the state one year and in the country six months, and in the county six months, and in the precinct in which he or she offers to vote.
60 days next preceding the election shall be a voter in said precinct and not elsewhere.
No person who is not a citizen of the United States shall be allowed to vote in this state.
So constitutional Amendment one is redundant.
It is unnecessarily repetitive.
This amendment is more about stirring fear than it is about improving election security.
First, this amendment addresses a problem that doesn't exist.
Federal law already prohibits non-citizens from voting in federal elections, and no city or county in Kentucky currently allows non-citizen voting at a local level.
To make things even clearer.
Our Secretary of State, our board of Elections Officers and county clerks have all testified in front of committee in Frankfurt that no cases of non-citizen voting have ever been reported in our Commonwealth.
This is voter intimidation.
There's no need for any of the language that Amendment One has.
There are many archaic laws and things in our Kentucky Constitution that needs this time and attention.
This is not one of those.
Newly naturalized citizens who have legally earned the right to vote.
Will feel intimidated or face greater scrutiny at polling locations simply because of how they look or where they come from.
Legal experts and civil rights advocates, including the ACLU, Kentucky, have warned that fear mongering like this will discourage eligible voters from participating in our elections.
All of us standing here want people to have access to participatory democracy.
We don't want things removed from people.
The shirt I wear today says, Change the South.
You change this nation.
Many believe that our moral fortitude and everything that we believe in starts right here in the gateway to the South.
Kentucky's actions are pivotal to the way our nation is going, and we must not stand in the way of people participating in a democracy that we have earned the right to vote and participate in.
I would ask that Kentuckians not fall for right wing election lies and instead respect our state Board of Elections is faithfully undertaking its sacred duty.
Our elections are safe and transparent.
My ancestors know what it meant to be excluded from this democracy and treated as less than human.
We know that these laws are designed to create deliberate barriers to voting.
The Forward Justice Action Network partnered with various organization organizations to host the event.
The nonprofit uses education and advocacy to increase community support for laws that focus on racial, social and economic justice in the South.