GOP State Senator eager to change Kansas’ method of filling vacancies for U.S. Senate, two state offices

Attorney general says reform bill tied to Senate vacancies likely unconstitutional TOPEKA—A Kansas Senate commit tee conducted a hearing Thursday on a presumptively unconstitutional proposal to transfer to political parties the authority held by the state’s governor to appoint temporary replacements when vacancies occurred in the U.S. Senate. A representative of A...

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