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The 2022 Kansas abortion referendum was a rejected legislatively referred constitutional amendment to the Kansas Constitution that appeared on the ballot on August 2, 2022, alongside primary elections for statewide offices, with early voting from July 13.
Readers have asked The Star if abortion will be totally banned if Kansans vote “yes” on the amendment. Here’s the deal.
But voters rejected it in a 59% to 41% vote during the August 2022 primary election. Democrats and supporters of abortion rights view that as a referendum against any legislation on abortion.
If a majority of people vote yes on the ballot and the amendment passes, language would be added to the Kansas state constitution that would take away the right to abortion. Since Roe v.
On January 22, 2021, the Kansas House of Representatives passed HCR 5003, a new proposition to add the Value Them Both Amendment to the state constitution. [22] Six days later on Jan. 28, the Kansas Senate passed the Amendment. [23] The proposed amendment was voted upon in a referendum on August 2, 2022, and defeated. [24]
Legislatively-referred amendment: Iowa Require Citizenship to Vote in State Elections and Allow 17-Year-Olds to Vote in Primaries Amendment: A legislatively-referred constitutional amendment that would add only a citizen of the U.S., rather than every citizen of the U.S., can vote; and supports allowing 17-year-olds who will be 18 by the ...
What does it mean to vote “yes” or “no” on the Kansas abortion amendment question on the ballot? Here’s what to know before the August 2 primary election.
Some were held prior to the federal elections on November 8. Many were initiated by state legislatures, while others were initiated by public petitions. In all, there were 141 ballot measures on ballots across most U.S. states and the District of Columbia at any point throughout the year.