Kansas voters approved an amendment Tuesday to the state Constitution ending an unusual state policy of redrawing legislative district boundaries based on federal census data adjusted by state numbers.
The Kansas redistricting policy began in the 1990s and adjusted federal census data not to include college students and military personnel, given the non-permanent status of these individuals. The office of the Secretary of State suggested that “the adjustment of the 2010 Census resulted in subtraction of nearly 14,000 (-0.48%) people,” from the total population figures reported by the US Census.
