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Kansas voters face a pivotal August 4 ballot decision: ditch the current governor-appointed system for Supreme Court justices and let voters elect them directly. Since 1958, a nine-member commission vets candidates and sends three names to the governor — a system born from a 1956 scandal that exposed political maneuvering. If voters approve the amendment, justices could run campaigns and join parties — something currently forbidden. If they reject it, the status quo remains, with appointments and six-year retention votes. This vote could reshape Kansas’s judicial selection forever.

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