On the Aug. 4 primary ballot, Kansas voters will decide whether to return the state Supreme Court judicial selection process to a popular vote through the Kansas Elections for Supreme Court Justices Amendment.
The current selection system uses a nine-member commission made up of five attorneys and four gubernatorial appointees. Their job is to evaluate applicants for vacant seats on the Supreme Court. Members of the Kansas bar elect the five attorneys to serve four-year terms. One attorney is selected from each of the four congressional districts, and the fifth spot is for the chair of the commission, who is selected in a statewide selection.
