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earl wattEARL WATT • Leader & Times

 

While the Value Them Both Amendment failed in the statewide election, it was supported by a thin margin in Seward County.

The amendment received 1,328 votes in favor, while 1,318 Seward County voters rejected the proposed amendment, which would have prevented the Kansas Supreme Court from establishing abortion as a constitutional right.

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Seward County’s thin margin of victory was less support for the measure than in other similar counties. Finney County, Ford County, Ellis County and Barton County all supported the measure by larger margins than Seward.

Statewide, the amendment failed, with 59 percent opposing the measure and 41 percent supporting it.