Scorecard gives data for holding legislators accountable

Voter Empowerment

Scorecard gives data for holding legislators accountable

Every vote a legislator casts is a chance to do the • Includes spon right thing, a choice to support Kentuckians and sorships and Legislator Scorecard stand against hate and oppression. Legislators need votes for the 41 Interactive map to know that, in November when 98 of them are bills and reso running for reelection (63 in a contested race), we lutions that the (online at: bit.ly/ remember what choices they made earlier in the year. Executive Com KFTCLegislativeMap)

In the 2020 General Assembly, the KFTC Exec mittee endorsed utive Committee endorsed or opposed 41 total bills or opposed in and resolutions. KFTC watched and tracked every 2020. vote, including committee votes, each legislator made Click on your county/district to see on those bills. Additional data that legislator’s score. • Categorized by if they align or don’t align with healthy democracy, economic justice, health about each district What is the scorecard? is included, such as rates of unemploy

It’s a Google spreadsheet, viewable online by ment, poverty, and anyone plus an online interactive map unaffordable houses,

For each legislator, their sponsorships, commit and relevant election tee votes and floor votes are listed out. turnout and results

KFTC. Using the scorecard • Color-coded by issue category: voting rights, spreadsheet data care, LGBTQIA liberation, racial justice, new Look up a legislator in the spreadsheet and: • Look at additional data included about each energy and transition. district, like “what percentage of folks have un • Aligned and not aligned actions are totaled to • Look at their percent alignment to KFTC. affordable housing?” and “what’s the unemploycalculate a percent alignment with KFTC values • Click on their name to jump to the list of specific ment rate?” for each legislator votes they made in the 2020 General Assembly. • Create links between this additional data and the votes the legislator made 2020 Legislator Scorecard (online at: bit.ly/KFTCLegislativeScorecard) • Use this data to educate voters!

Important links bit.ly/KFTCLegislativeScorecard

to explore the spreadsheet

bit.ly/KFTCLegislativeMap to explore the interactive web map

Data isn’t just Census numbers and election turnout percentages. Data can be created and used by us regular folks! Got ideas about how data can support your local organizing? Or want to help produce analysis using the scorecard? Email: lauragreenfield@kftc.org.