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Kansas voters reject GOP-backed measure to directly elect state Supreme Court justices

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Kansas voters reject GOP-backed measure to directly elect state Supreme Court justices

The Republican-controlled Legislature referred a constitutional amendment to the primary ballot after the state Supreme Court had ruled against the party on issues like abortion.

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The Republican-controlled Legislature referred a constitutional amendment to the primary ballot after the state Supreme Court had ruled against the party on issues like abortion.

Kansas voters rejected a ballot measure that would have made members of the state’s Supreme Court electable by popular vote — a seemingly technical issue that had become a proxy battle for the future of abortion rights in the state, Decision Desk HQ projects. The Republican-controlled Legislature referred a constitutional amendment to the primary ballot after the state Supreme Court had ruled against the party on issues like abortion.

The 19th reported the story as "Kansas voters reject another attempt to reshape the state’s abortion landscape."

2 sources have covered this story, including The 19th and NBC News. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 14 days ago.

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