TOPEKA -- Here is the scorecard on today's vote in the Kansas Senate on a constitutional amendment (SCR 1601) letting the governor pick judges for the Kansas Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals with Senate confirmation. The votes are for KC-area lawmakers.

Yes: Pat Apple, R-Louisburg; Jim Denning, R-Overland Park; Julia Lynn, R-Olathe; Rob Olson, R-Olathe; Mary Pilcher-Cook, R-Shawnee; Greg Smith, R-Overland Park;

No: David Haley, D-Kansas City; Pat Pettey, D-Kansas City; Kay Wolf, R-Prairie Village.