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Check out the Legislative Vote Tracker Tool from Kentucky Public Radio

Check out the Legislative Vote Tracker Tool from Kentucky Public Radio  WKU Public Radio

LongafterKentuckylawmakershaveleftthisyear’sGeneralAssemblysessionbehind,thedecisionstheymadewilllingerforgenerationstocome.Butitcanbehardtofindavotingrecordlinkedtoeachlawmaker. CitizenshavetosearchforindividualbillsandthenfindtheirlawmakersinalonglistofnamesonaPDFfile. KentuckyPublicRadiocreatedaneasierwaytotrackthosevotesthroughsortingthembylawmaker,notbythebill.It’smadepossiblethroughacomputerprogramthatscrapesdatafromhundredsofpagesandputsitallintoonefile. “Theideahereisthatyoushouldseeifyouagreewithhowyourrepresentativesvotedandletthatinfluenceifyouwanttovotefortheminthefuture,”KPRdatareporterJustinHickssaid. CapitolreportersSylviaGoodmanandJoeSonkaselected18differentbillstodisplaythatwereemblematicofthe2024legislativesession.Theyshowhowlawmakersdecidedissuesrelatedtoeducation,healthandvoting. Goodmansaidtheyselectedsomebillstobedisplayedeventhoughtheyfailed. “It’softensaidinFrankfort