School district attorney Alan Rupe, left, presents his case in a school funding case at the Kansas Supreme Court Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, in Topeka, Kan. The hearing stems from a 2010 lawsuit brought by four school districts contending schools are underfunded by the state. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

In addition to races for state, federal and county offices, Kansas voters are being asked in November whether they want to retain five of the seven justices on the Kansas Supreme Court, and six of the 14 judges on the Kansas Court of Appeals.

Supreme Court justices are appointed by the governor from a list of nominees submitted by a nonpartisan nominating commission. They then stand for retention in the first general election after their appointment, and every six years thereafter.

Court of Appeals judges are appointed directly by the governor, subject to confirmation in the Kansas Senate. They stand for retention on four-year cycles.

The Supreme Court justices up for retention this year include Chief Justice Lawton Nuss and Associate Justices Carol Beier, Dan Biles, Marla Luckert and Caleb Stegall.

The Court of Appeals judges up for retention are Steve Leben, Joseph Pierron, David Bruns, G. Gordon Atcheson, Karen Arnold-Burger and Kathryn Gardner.