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said. "But FDR was way more accepted because of the fact that it was acceptable at that time for that window to be there and that platform to be present. The people weren't so apprehensive about it. They weren't afraid of some of his beliefs."
After following Sanders as a politician, Ibrahimi said he realized that Sanders was often right about
"When Bernie got into the race, I felt like he was the candidate the country needs at this moment in time to say what needs to be said and do what needs to be done, and to not sign off on any bills that are going to compromise his beliefs," he said.
the issues he was passionate about, which translated into him being the right presidential candidate for the country.
"Kansas democrats do have a real say in this situation because they're separate from the republican field," he said. "That's one thing I was really excited about is the fact that this is a real decision and a real voice you have for participating and choosing the candidate you want the party to support."
The convention provides democrats in Kansas,
According to the Asa typically conservative state, to have their voice heard on a national scale. Kim said.
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sociated Press, Sanders' opponent Hillary Clinton has nearly 90 percent of the necessary delegates to clinch the democratic nomination for presidency. However, Ibrahimi said that would not dissuade him and other Sanders supporters from going to Philadelphia in July and pushing a more progressive agenda.
"What Bernie came out and said [April 28], is that no matter what happens, we are going to take our
delegates to Philadelphia at the Democratic Convention, and we are going to push the most progressive agenda the democratic party has seen," he said. "And that's worthwhile, because changing the democratic narrative is very important."
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Proposal approved in Kansas House changes judicial selection process
Gov. Sam Brownback in his office, after signing a bill into law.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A proposal approved in the Kansas House gives the secretary of state a role in how the nine-member commission that names three finalists for each high court vacancy elects its members.
The bill approved Saturday requires that the secretary of state receive a roster of lawyers eligible to participate in the elections of the commission's attorney members. Another provision gives the authority for counting ballots cast by lawyers for the commission members to the attorney general and secretary of state.
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"There has never in 50 years been any suggestion of any form of impropriety in connection with those elections," Carmichael told The Associated Press. "They run efficiently and inexpensively under the direct supervision of the clerk of the Kansas Supreme Court."
Currently, two or more licensed lawyers chosen by the chief justice serve as the canvassers. Democratic Rep. John Carmichael, of Wichita, said that change violates the separation of powers between government branches.
Following a turbulent passage through the chamber, Representatives voted 72-50 Saturday in favor of the bill. The Kansas House initially voted 57-56 against a version of the bill to give the governor a bigger voice in who is nominated for the Kansas Supreme Court, but later voted 64-56 to reconsider so that lawmakers could draft a new version.
The bill came amid broad discontent from Gov. Sam Brownback and other conservatives over the court's rulings against the state on school funding and overturning death penalty verdicts.
Currently, the chief justice of the Supreme Court chooses replacements if the chairman or attorney commission members resign before their terms are completed. Negotiators removed a controversial provision in the bill that would have allowed the governor to appoint replacements instead.
They said the decision to overturn death sentences for brothers Jonathan and Reginald Carr for the killings of four people in Wichita in December 2000 argues for the need to reassess the selection process.
opening occurs, the commission chooses three finalists whose names are sent to the governor for a final selection.
The state's high court judges are chosen by a nonpartisan nominating commission consisting of five attorneys elected by other lawyers and four public members selected by the governor. One of the five attorneys is the chairman. When a Supreme Court
The current judicial selection system arose after a 1957 scandal in which the incumbent governor was
defeated in the Republican primary and resigned. The lieutenant governor then appointed him to fill a vacant Supreme Court seat. Attorneys became part of the election process to avoid favoritism.
Supreme Court nominating commission selections also would now be open to the state's open meetings and records acts, which Republican Rep. John Barker, of Abilene, said would increase transparency. "I would like to see how the attorneys vote on ... the judiciary committee."
But Carmichael argued
State's redistricting plan will likely give Lawrence more legislative seats
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Six years before it has to be done, state and federal officials are already talking about redistricting of congressional and legislative districts in Kansas.
so we want to get information out early so folks can start preparing."
Michael Ratcliffe census bureau assistant division chief
The new maps for political districts aren't due in Kansas until 2022. But officials from the U.S. Census Bureau met with the state Legislature's research department last week to discuss the process and get familiar with data and computer software that will be used, The Lawrence Journal-World reported.
"It's a long process, so we want to get information out early so folks can start preparing whatever material they need — geographic information; software — so they can start thinking about how they're going to implement the program when it comes time to actually start redistricting," said Michael Ratcliffe, the Census Bureau's assistant division chief for geographic standards in Washington.
The next census will be in 2020 and states have two years after that to draw new political maps.
The census counts each state's residents and maps them into geographic units known as census "blocks." Legislatures use that data to draw maps that are supposed to be as equal in population as possible.
The process is often controversial. In 2012, Kansas lawmakers were unable to draw a redistricting plan of their own, leaving the job to a three-judge federal court panel.
"Some of the (rural) counties out here in Kansas, Nebraska
An estimated 2.9 million
people currently live in Kansas, about 2.1 percent more than the count from the 2010 census. Kansans are steadily moving from rural areas into the state's larger cities, particularly Kansas City and Lawrence, and Ratcliff said that trend is likely to continue.
and the Dakotas hit their peaks in the late 1800s, others in the early part of the 20th century," he said. "And that's happening all across the country, really, not just out here."
The shift likely means the next round of redistricting will leave Kansas City, Lawrence and Wichita metropolitan areas with more seats in the Kansas Legislature, with fewer rural legislators. That could lead to significant changes in how the state's four congressional districts are configured. It appears the First district, which covers all of western Kansas and much of central
Kansas will become larger geographically, while the Second and Third Districts of eastern Kansas, and the Fourth District around Wichita will become smaller.
"We provide the data. The states then do the work. We stay out of that," Ratcliffe said.
The state officials who met at the Statehouse won't be involved in those decisions. They will manage the data files and software programs that allow lawmakers and others to draw maps and submit their proposals for the new districts.
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that the measure still poses "serious constitutional concerns."
"You do not make this major change and risk constitutional infirmities without some good reason to do so," Carmichael said. "This legislation is unnecessary."
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