Kansas voters reject a constitutional amendment that would have allowed the direct election of state Supreme Court Justices.

This means that the status quo will remain, leaving Kansas as the only state in the country that allows the governor to appoint supreme court justices from a list created by a nine-member commission.

Proponents of the measure argued that Kansans should have more say in picking supreme court justices, while opponents argued that the decision should be in the hands of legal experts and could result in more pro-life justices being placed on the court.