State integrity news for Kansas, from the Wichita Eagle:

Kansans deserve better than this. That’s why, while they’re on the subject, lawmakers should act now to put a better system before voters on the November ballot.

The Kansas Senate GOP leadership is reviving the proposed reform, which would essentially fire the legislative mapmakers for dereliction of duty and turn the process over to a five-member bipartisan redistricting commission. The Legislature still would approve the commission’s maps, but only with up-or-down votes.

Read the rest of the story at the Wichita Eagle.

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