We have some very important elections on August 4! If you are affiliated with either party, there are primary elections for Governor, 2 State Board of Education seats (Republican primary only) and multiple House seats. If you are unaffiliated, you can and should still vote on the very important constitutional amendment that seeks to change how Supreme Court Justices are selected in our state (a no vote protects our current merit selection process and avoids electing Justices). Here are our candidates with races in the August primaries who strongly support public education....
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Keep the Kansas Supreme Court Independent
From cjonline “For decades, the Kansas Supreme Court has been the institution that stepped in when lawmakers failed to meet their constitutional obligation to fund public schools. The court has repeatedly required the state to do more for Kansas’ students, even when those decisions were politically unpopular. That wasn’t judicial activism. It was the court doing its job: enforcing the Kansas Constitution. That history is exactly why this amendment matters… “Many of the most important improvements in Kansas school funding happened only after the courts intervened. Without an independent court serving as a backstop, school funding disputes could...
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Leave a Comment Protect Our Schools. Vote No.
A vote NO on this constitutional amendment is a vote FOR Kansas public schools and the children they serve. Anti-public education legislators intentionally placed this critically important issue on the lower turnout August elections. Please make sure your friends and neighbors including unaffiliated voters, know to vote NO on or before August 4th. From Stand Up Blue Valley “What does voting NO on the constitutional amendment have to do with protecting our kids’ schools? Ask yourself this: Why do some legislators want to change the Kansas Constitution? What do they have against the current system? In 2010, the...
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Don’t turn judges into politicians. Don’t trade the constitution for corruption. Vote NO on August 4th....
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