Kansas abortion referendum drives record number of voters to polls
by Alvin Chang from US news | The Guardian on (#624F8)
Nearly half of state's registered voters turned out in first electoral test of US abortion rights
Most primary elections only turn out a small portion of the electorate - but this year's Kansas primary was unlike any other in the state.
This year's primary ballot included a question to decide whether to stop the state's constitution from protecting abortion rights, which could have paved the way for the state legislature to completely ban abortion.
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