Kansas to recount abortion vote by hand, despite big margin

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: AP

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 evidence of significant problems with the election.

Baseless election conspiracies have circulated widely in the U.S., particularly among supporters of former President Donald Trump, who has repeated false claims that he lost the 2020 election through fraud.

Kansas law requires Leavitt to post a bond to cover the entire cost of the recount. Bryan Caskey, state elections director for the Kansas secretary of state’s office, said it would be the first recount of the votes on a statewide ballot question in at least 30 years.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kansas-to-recount-abortion-vote-by-hand-despite-big-margin/ar-AA10BTdN

[JohnSJ]

1. They are fanatics, out of there f**king collective minds

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. I knew this wasnt over.

November will be madness.

[StephanieDubois]

32. I agree

We thought 2020 was bad, this year is going to be much worse.

[Faux pas]

3. ...

[BumRushDaShow]

4. What a waste of time and money

[Salviati]

8. As long as they're wasting right wing money

Go ahead. At least it's money that's not being used to support other right wing campaigns...

[BumRushDaShow]

15. But they still have to bring in elections people to go through that process

and this is all designed to sow more confusion about elections in general.

These people need to be charged with fraud and misuse of government resources.

[moose65]

5. Oh for fuck's sake

What the HELL is wrong with these people?? They are deadset against everything that makes America great. They are trying to tear down every great American institution. Our elections are and have been pretty damn good over the years, and now we are facing the prospects of Republicans who won't accept any election where their candidate or issue loses.

We have to beat them so badly this November that they crawl back under their rocks.

[riversedge]

6. It is Repug money-let them waste it!!

.........Caskey said the work won’t begin without a guarantee that Leavitt can cover the cost.

“Normally, they reinforce the Election Day results,” Caskey said about recounts. “We stand by the results and will do the recount.”

Also seeking a recount is state Sen. Caryn Tyson, who is trailing state Rep. Steven Johnson in the Republican primary for state treasurer by about 400 votes out of nearly 434,000 cast. She is asking for a hand recount in about half the state’s 105 counties.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

25. At least it will provide an income for the vote counters. n/t

[Rebl2]

7. If she raises

the money and they do the recount and the vote is found accurate, could she be in trouble with the court or is she just out the money.

[forgotmylogin]

18. If she pays for it, I suppose not. Just her money to lose.

That's likely why they want the funds up front.

[kacekwl]

9. Same stupid games as 2020.

These dummies never learn.

[not fooled]

10. More evidence that basic math and reality are foreign concepts

to lots of GQPeers.

Also, I expect a river of money for the cost to flow in from out-of-state religious wackos and the oligarchy that uses them to disrupt democracy. Just raising doubts about the election process in the minds of some voters will be worth it for them.

[BOSSHOG]

11. And the Catholic Church still is in a tax exempt status?

[rpannier]

16. I looked at the story. Didn't see any mention of the Catholic Church

[BOSSHOG]

19. The Catholic Crime Family in Kansas

Was front and center in the attempt to do away with abortion in the state. They teamed with the Republican Crime Family in an effort to control women’s bodies. Catholics spent millions to codify a religious belief into public law and did so in a tax exempt status. They (the crime families) thought it appropriate that the amendment should be placed on a primary ballot for their advantage. The voters voted, the losers got sore. For a religious organization they did a helluva lot of lying in an organized fashion. The Catholic Crime family in Kansas has zero respect for the separation of church and state. The tax exempt status should be part of the public discussion. I could go on but I won’t. I am a recovering Catholic who has no use for organized religion.

[Rhiannon12866]

12. Another huge waste of time, money and resources. It's what they do...

[MuseRider]

13. Us wimmen folk

don't KNOW what we want or what is good for us.

They got someone to drop $200,000 for this. They won't be able to change it and if they even try they are going to have a fight on their hands. It confuses me. This vote was so one sided that there had to be quite a lot of men and Republicans voting for this. Even with their very cute gerrymandering they lost in a pretty big way.

I think this is likely the new normal for every election that a Democrat wins. Aren't we still recounting tfg's last election.

It is boring, boring behavior.

[bluestarone]

14. Case like this, i feel if no change is found, then the recount fee should be

100 times the regular recount fee!!

[RussBLib]

17. They can't believe they lost!

With Jesus on their side and everything! Wah!!

Looks pretty frivolous to me.

[2naSalit]

20. Election tampering?

[TheRickles]

21. How much will it cost to run the recount?

[ashredux]

22. I'm pretty sure they'll find 166,000 bad votes and throw them out. 😵‍💫

[Rebl2]

24. Very doubtful

[ificandream]

23. So where do ya think they'll dig up those 165,000 votes from?

And this sentence in that story is telling: "Bryan Caskey, state elections director for the Kansas secretary of state’s office, said it would be the first recount of the votes on a statewide ballot question in at least 30 years."

[BradAllison]

26. Good. The humiliation will be complete.n/m

[markodochartaigh]

27. Publicly Funded?

It looks like she is trying to publicly fund the recount. There is only about 1% of the goal raised. It seems to me that to be taken seriously a recount challenge would need to raise a far larger percentage.


"VALUE THEM BOTH -KANSAS AMMENDMENT RECOUNT
Campaign Created by: Melissa Leavitt
The funds from this campaign will be received by Melissa Leavitt.

Goal : USD $275,000Raised : USD $ 2,847
campaign image
I am an advocate for election integrity and feel that the State of Kansas should have a full hand recount State-wide for the VALUE THEM BOTH abortion ammendment.

I have seen data in the week following our election in Kansas that there were irregularities the night of August 2. The New York Times even reported using Edison data that 42 times in Kansas during our election, voting numbers declined.

No candidate or issue should ever lose votes. They should only gain in votes.

I’ve been studying election integrity and fraud in our state since 2020.

Without trust in our elections...we do not have a Republic.

We do not have liberty.

It’s for this reason that I’m asking concerned citizens to step up and help a group of us who are fighting to get a recount of the Value Them Both Amendment.

The deadline is tomorrow by 5:00pm to file the recount request with the secretary of states office. We will receive the precise bond estimate amount for all counties in the state tomorrow morning. The bond payment/security will have to be given to the SOS office most likely next business day (monday) for all 105 counties.

Kansas simply does not do enough to put the minds of voters at rest with their % based random audit system.

Vote flipping discovered in Cherokee County found this week called my spirit to seek truth where it has been dismantled in our election process.

The final estimate will be updated on here as soon as i receive it....so that I do not collect more funds than required to pay the bond. I am not looking to profit from this in any fashion.

I have never done an audit like this but I believe that God has put us all here “for such a time as this” to stand up and fight for our nation.

We must do what we can before it’s too late.

I apologize for the short timeframe, I was told only today by the Secretary of States office that I had standing to request this audit of a hand recount.

Thank you for your consideration in donating.



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UPDATES
Update #2
August 12, 2022facebook twitter
I have received the Estimate from the Secretary of States office. However, not all counties provided theirs....so the goal has been update to the current estimate....

Please stay tuned...Thank you!

Update #1
August 12, 2022facebook twitter
10:00 am .... at this time the Secretary of States office has NOT been in contact with me about the estimate for the total bond amount.

I will add the full details of the bond estimate as soon as possible.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY - GOD'S WILL BE DONE!

As I wait for more information I want to thank everyone out there sharing and praying and the pledged donations already received are very humbling!!! I am grateful beyond measure!!"

[intheflow]

29. It was God's will that the bill passed.

When will these people understand that God doesn’t walk lockstep with their delusions? (Rhetorical question. We all know the answer is “never”.)

[LiberalLovinLug]

31. "I've been studying election integrity and fraud in our state since 2020"

Wow all that time. she must be an expert. I wonder who or what sparked her interest?

[raccoon]

28. That is the dumb ass Republicans' MO. If they don't like the results of an election,

That is the dumb ass Republicans MO. If they don’t like the results of an election, they’ll Recount the votes and try to find all kinds of ways to invalidate it if it didn’t come out the way they wanted it to.

[homegirl]

30. Has the bond

been collected, deposited and did the check clear? What was the dollar amount of the check???

[mwb970]

33. My GOD republicans are so damn stupid!!

What in the holy hell is wrong with these people? I mean really.

[Hugin]

34. This explains the mailer I got out of Topeka from the RNC last week...

They are THAT desperate.

Considering I don't live in KS and have never been a registered (R).

Of course, they wanted a credit card number to which to charge a 'monthly gift', errr, tithe... Um, I'm having a little trouble here with what to call this mail fraud.

[Tender hopper]

35. Stupid? or Grifting? Or Both? 😲

Or right nawwwww!