Why does AFP want you to vote their way?

𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 (𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗢𝘄𝗻) 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘆 on the August 4th Constitutional Amendment. They’re paying people to go door to door, and buying social media ads and mailers.

But where does AFP get ALL THAT MONEY to pay for door knockers, literature printing and mailing, and social media ads? 𝗡𝗢 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪𝗦. 

AFP isn’t required to disclose who funds them. For all we know, their financial backers aren't even from Kansas! Groups like AFP are called “astroturf” because they’re FAKE “grassroots” organizations. They play like “volunteers” going door to door, when they’re actually a bunch of paid canvassers bused in to knock on voters’ doors. (Ironically, one of AFP's big buzzwords is "transparency” - give us a break.)

𝗦𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 “𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆" 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 this much about how Kansas Supreme Court justices are selected? What don’t they like about how the current Court is deciding cases? And 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 about the current process?

They’re lying to us?! YES.

AFP-KS calls the current system of appointing, then electing, Supreme Court Justices “a process that operates behind closed doors.” In fact, the current process involves a commission that takes applications - and applicant names are 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘. The interviews are 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘.

AFP-KS 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴 the process is “controlled by lawyers” when, in fact, the 9-member commission includes one lawyer and one 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘺𝘦𝘳 from each of the four KS Congressional districts. We’ve heard feedback from many lawyers in recent weeks - and they ALL support the current system and plan to vote NO.

AFP-KS also 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 that the current system for selection is based on a constitutional amendment voted on in 1958 after a famous scam whereby the governor lost re-election, his buddy resigned from the KS Supreme Court, he resigned as governor - then his other buddy (the Lt Governor) appointed him to the Supreme Court vacancy. THAT is the result of the process AFP-KS wants to reimplement. So much for transparency.

AFP-KS 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 voters don’t have a say - when, in fact, justices stand for retention votes after the first year and then every 6 years.

AFP-KS also fails to tell you why they’re deeply involved in this issue. Their usual focus is on privatization (𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻) of public services, including (largely) public schools. So...the KS Supreme Court ruling that the state must follow the constitution and fund public schools adequately - as defined by actual facts - isn’t popular with them. AFP wants to profit from K-12 education in Kansas. They are involved for this reason.

𝗜𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗔𝗙𝗣 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗼𝗳 $$$ 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗞𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀’ 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀.