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Kansas Republicans have been trying to massively restrict abortion in the state for years. In 2019, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that they couldn’t, because the Kansas state constitution guarantees personal liberties. With the fall of Roe, the Kansas Republicans are now holding a state referendum that would allow them to over-rule their Supreme Court and introduce severe restrictions on abortion in the state. BUT they’re being sneaky about it. Because they know that if they put the referendum on the ballot in November, they might well lose. 60% of Kansas citizens oppose the kind of severe restrictions on abortion that the Republican legislature want to introduce. So instead of holding the referendum in November with the midterms, they’re holding it THIS TUESDAY, with the party primaries. The primary ballot that is typically reserved only for party members to select their candidate for the Novemeber midterms. Republican voters are far more likely to participate in August primaries in Kansas than Democrats are. Unaffiliated voters make up more than one-quarter of the state’s electorate, and usually have no reason to come to the polls during primaries. In TWO DAYS, the citizens of Kansas vote on abortion rights in their state, in an election that most of them don’t bother to take part in, take little interest in, and it’s highly likely that large numbers of them don’t even know there’s a special reason that THIS ONE TIME THEY REALLY NEED TO TAKE PART IN THE PRIMARY VOTING. On a day when they’re all at work. This is how Republicans rig the game. Over and over and over. If you know anybody who lives in Kansas, get the fucking word out. Let them know this isn’t the standard party primary, that they NEED TO VOTE. Because otherwise the Republicans will pass this unpopular bullshit with the approval of a tiny minority of Christian evangelicans.