The 2019 Kansas Legislature approved for placement on the General election ballot this year a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution (2019 SCR 1605). If adopted, the amendment will place the process of drawing legislative districts in closer alignment with Kansas League of Women Voters policy as adopted in 1975. Specifically, adoption of the proposed amendment would better align the redistricting procedure with the LWVK position that legislative districts “be based substantially on population, using United State Census figures.” If the amendment is adopted by the voters at the 2019 general election, legislative districts drawn by the 2022 Legislature will be based on the state population as counted during the 2020 U.S. Census.

Keep reading article, written by Mary Galligan (LWV Topeka-Shawnee County)