Politicians picking voters — what? Nellie Kassebaum

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Kansas Republicans who previously defended the state's current congressional map are now considering redrawing it.

In 2022, civil rights groups unsuccessfully sued the state over the map, which was drawn by Republicans and vetoed by the Democratic governor.

The state's attorney general at the time defended the map in court, but now supports changing it as a congressman.

The author argues that redrawing the map outside of the normal constitutional process allows politicians to choose their voters.

Redistricting is far from the easiest political topic to understand, but it is one of the most important.

With so much news and disorientation — people are getting rich just to blur what’s real and what’s fake — we should come together and focus on protecting and promotin