Davis Hammet of Loud Light, a Kansas voter rights organization, posted this piece of mail to Twitter sent to voters around the state urging them to vote no on retaining judges on the state Supreme Court. On the back of the piece of mail, it thanks them for voting no on the constitutional amendment, making sure abortion stayed legal in Kansas, and then asks them to do it again. One problem: The judges they’re asking for people to vote no on? They are the judges who found that the Kansas constitution protects the right to abortion. Should they all be replaced and a vote no call for them to be removed and new judges appointed, a potential Republican governor would obviously replace them with anti-choice judges.
“But Kansas pushed back!” What a thank you! By intentionally confusing voters, Republican-affiliated groups are trying their best to back door an anti-choice agenda by providing misleading information to voters at the last minute, hoping to convince Kansans who favored abortion rights in August to switch sides in November, and vote against the justices who found the right exists.
The piece of mail, originally posted on Reddit, can only be dreamed up by political operatives so craven in their desire to win that they will stop at nothing to twist the truth and confuse voters. Ashley All, who was the spokesperson for the Vote No campaign spoke out on social media.
Welcome to Republican campaigns in Kansas in 2022.
Sign if you agree: A vote for Republicans is a vote to ban abortion.
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