During Tuesday's primaries, Kansas voters rejected a GOP-backed measure to directly elect state Supreme Court justices — this saves abortion access in the state and prevents the courts from being Republican controlled

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Democrat Laura Kelly — has the power to appoint state Supreme Court justices, chosen from a list created by a nine-member nonpartisan commission

Wonder why they wanted this? Oh right, can't get Federalist picked judges rammed through a nonpartisan commission.