A new television advertisement unveiled Thursday urges Kentucky voters to approve a change to the state constitution that would explicitly say non-U.S. citizens cannot vote in Kentucky. The two primary sponsors of the legislation that put Amendment 1 on this fall's ballot, Rep. Michael Meredith, R-Oakland, and Sen. Jason Howell, R-Murray, appeared Thursday at the state Capitol to talk about the new campaign."We don't want illegal immigrants or non-citizens voting in Kentucky elections like that have in some other states," said Rep. Meredith, who called the measure "pre-emptive."The video, paid for by the group Americans for Citizen Voting, features a roundtable of people described as "First Generation Americans" who voice their support for the idea that only U.S. citizens should be allowed to vote in the United States. Some communities in four U.S. states and Washington, D.C., now allow non-citizens to vote in some elections, such as school board or city council races.Rep. Nima Kulkarni, D-Louisville, an immigration lawyer, said allowing such voting makes sense for people who may be citizens of other countries, but become de facto members of their American communities."It includes people that have been green card holders sometimes for decades that have children and grandchildren who are U.S. citizens, who should have a say in things like school board elections and local elections," she said.Kulkarni said she believes Amendment 1 is nothing more than a strategy to energize the Republican base during a pivotal election year.Supporters of Amendment 1 note they hardly need additional help getting out the vote when President Donald Trump is expected to easily win Kentucky, a deep red state.Here is what Amendment 1 will look like on Kentucky ballots:"Are you in favor of amending Sections 145맥스카지노� and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit persons who are not citizens of the United States from being allowe맥스카지노�맥스카지노�d to vote in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, as stated below?"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 eighteen years who has resided in the state one year, and in the county six months, and the precinct in which he or she offers to vote sixty 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. The following persons also shall not have the right to vote:1. Persons convicted in any court of competent jurisdiction of treason, or felony, or bribery in an election, or of such high misdemeanor as the General Assembly may declare shall operate as an exclusion from the right of suffrage, but persons hereby excluded may be restored to their civil rights by executive pardon.2. Persons who, at the time of the election, are in confinement under the judgment of a court for some penal offense.3. Idiots and insane persons."IT IS PROPOSED THAT SECTION 155 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF KENTUCKY BE AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:"The provisions of Sections 145맥스카지노� to 154, inclusive, shall not apply to the election of school trustees and other common school district elections. Said elections shall be regulated by the General Assembly, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. No person who is not a citizen of the United States shall be allowed to vote in said elections.맥스카지노�"Voters will then be able to choose "YES" or "NO."