The commission is tasked with presenting the governor with a slate of three qualified candidates whenever a vacancy occurs on the Kansas Supreme Court.
[3] After being appointed to the Kansas Supreme Court bench, a justice is subject to a retention election after one year.
Subsequently, justices are subject to retention elections every six years.
[4] Source:[5] Attorney members Non attorney members Periodically, Kansas legislators propose to change the way Kansas Supreme Court justices are selected, which would require an amendment to the state constitution.
"[7] However, five other states — Florida,[8] Missouri,[9] South Dakota,[10] Tennessee,[11] and Wyoming[12] — and the District of Columbia[13] have merit selection commissions where a majority of the members are attorneys.