Amendment 1 would temporarily prohibit Kentucky governors from issuing pardons or commuting criminal sentences around gubernatorial elections.

This makes sense. Democracy is not served by allowing the governor to rule as a Scrabble King, using an Alchemist's veto to ...

The GOP has had a majority of governorships for more than a decade.

Amendment 1 seeks to block pardons 60 days before a gubernatorial election until the new governor is sworn in.