Kansas Constitution

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Johnson County judge Christopher Jayaram ruled the state's abortion restrictions, including mandatory waiting periods, violated Kansans' right to bodily autonomy and "infringe upon a woman's fundamental rights." The controversial case was made even more so by the timing of the decision.

Kansas voters rejected a constitutional amendment that would have changed to electing state Supreme Court justices, in a win for groups that were concerned the change would impact abortion rights and school funding.

At stake is the process for selecting justices for the Kansas Supreme Court.

On Aug. 4, voters in Kansas and Missouri will decide multiple, consequential ballot issues, vote in primaries for U.S. House and Senate seats, plus decide local and county-level races on both sides of the state line.

Legislators aren’t supposed to attack each others’ motives during debate, but the niche procedural rule has become a tool for the Republican supermajority.

The resolution, which would have been on the August ballot for voters to decide, limits the assessed valuation of residential, commercial, and agricultural property from jumping more than 9% in any one year.