Kansas to recount abortion vote by hand, despite big margin
August 12, 2022
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' elections director says the state will go along with a request for a hand recount of votes from every county after last week's decisive statewide vote affirming abortion rights, even though there was a 165,000-vote difference and a recount won't change the result.
Melissa Leavitt, of Colby in far western Kansas, requested the recount and declined to comment to reporters Friday evening, citing work obligations. But she said on an online site raising funds for a recount that she had "seen data" about the election. Her post was not more specific, and there is no eviden...
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