KANSAS — The Kansas League of Women Voters has filed an open records request to try to get Governor Sam Brownback to disclose the names of those applying for a judicial position on the Kansas Court of Appeals. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Brownback, who will make the judicial appointment, has refused to divulge the names of applicants. Prior to this year, when legislative conservatives changed the law at Brownback’s request, appointments to the Kansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals were made by the governor from a list of nominees provided by a nominating commission. That commission has always revealed the names of those applying. The new law gives the Governor the power to fill positions on the Court of Appeals pending confirmation by the State Senate. Supporters of changing that law said the nominating commission process was too closed off to the public and that the new system mirrored that used on the federal level.
Updated 7/10/13 @ 11:50 am
