The Kansas Senate voted 27-11 on Tuesday to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s (D) veto of the legislature’s proposed congressional map.
Tuesday’s successful override vote comes one day after the state senate initially failed to override the governor’s veto. On Monday, the Kansas Senate fell three votes shy of the 27 votes required to override the governor’s veto.
Kansas Senate, in 27-11 vote, overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of Republican congressional map.
Republicans needed all 27 votes.
Vote came day after 1st attempt to override fell short.https://t.co/2umu2hIDY6
— Greg Giroux (@greggiroux) February 8, 2022
After the governor’s veto, Kansas Republican Party officials released a statement criticizing Kelley for vetoing the proposed map “just hours after the ACLU told her to.”
This isn’t the first time the Legislature has had to step up to…
