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The Kansas City Star via Yahoo NewsWhen you go to the polls in November, youll be asked to vote on two more amendments to the state constitution. Unlike the August referendum on the Value Them Both abortion amendment, there arent millions of dollars being poured into these measures by groups and donors from outside the state, no endless blitz of TV ads. Theyll be easy to overlook.
That would be a mistake.
One of the proposed amendments involves the election and removal of county sheriffs. The other well, the other amendment is aimed squarely at politically neutering Gov. Laura Kelly if she wins reelection this fall.
Its the GOPs backup plan in case they cant stop Kelly at the polls: Theyll disempower her instead.
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(113,003 posts)slightlv
(2,768 posts)First I've heard of this! We always check out a sample ballot prior to voting, but this time I guess we'd better do it well in advance so we can translate whatever language they decide to write the amendments in. The language is always so convoluted.
I know the de facto fallback is for Repug legislatures to disempower any Democratic Governor. I haven't always agreed with Kelly, but I think she's done a good job with all the hassle and stupidity she's had to put up with. This is just beyond me. It's politics on one of the dirtiest levels. I guess when we voted to retain a woman's right to her bodily autonomy, they decided they were going to get back at us, one way or another. They must think they won that vote with all Democratic votes. If so, the joke's on them. But on something like this, I don't know how much we can count on our former Republican "allies" to continue to stand with us. Too bad. I wish they would start standing up for dignity, fidelity, and truthfulness. Period.
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(8,222 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,235 posts)They try for every little loophole they can find to advance fascism.
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