An anti-abortion activist who heads a small hard-right Republican group stated he’s provided to pay the anticipated $229,000 value of a hand recount of votes from each Kansas county after a decisive statewide vote affirming abortion rights
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – An anti-abortion activist who heads a small hard-right Republican group stated he is provided to pay the anticipated $229,000 value of a hand recount of votes from each Kansas county after a decisive statewide vote affirming abortion rights.
Mark Gietzen, who leads the group Kansas Republican Meeting, advised the Kansas Metropolis Star he needs to pay for the recount that Melissa Leavitt, of Colby, requested as a result of he believes it might change the result. The 165,000-vote distinction within the election makes that unlikely, nevertheless.
Gietzen stated fundraising and his personal cash can be used. The Kansas Republican Meeting is considerably to the correct of the state Republican Social gathering and is not affiliated with the GOP-led legislature.
There was no proof of serious issues with the election. Baseless election conspiracies have circulated broadly within the U.S., notably amongst supporters of former President Donald Trump, who has repeated false claims that he misplaced the 2020 election via fraud.
Kansas legislation requires {that a} bond be posted to cowl the price of the recount and if the recount adjustments the result, the cash shall be refunded.
A spokeswoman for the Kansas Secretary of State’s Workplace, Whitney Tempel, stated Friday that Leavitt had posted a $200,000 bond, however Leavitt stated in updates posed to TikTok over the weekend that the bond had not been paid but and fundraising was ongoing. Tempel did not instantly reply to messages from the newspaper and The Related Press.
Leavitt stated in a video posted to TikTok on Sunday morning that there was 24 hours left to boost cash for the trouble.
Earlier this month, Kansas voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposed modification to the state structure that will have allowed the conservative Legislature to additional limit or ban abortion. It failed by 18 proportion factors and was the primary check of voter sentiment after the U.S. Supreme Court docket’s determination in June that overturned the constitutional proper to abortion.
FILE – Allie Utley, left, and Jae Moyer, heart, of Overland Park, Kan., reacts throughout a major watch social gathering Aug. 2, 2022, on the Overland Park Conference Middle. A notable enhance in turnout amongst Democrats and independents and a stunning shift in Republican-leaning counties contributed to the overwhelming assist of abortion rights final week in historically conservative Kansas, based on an in depth Related Press evaluation of the voting outcomes. (Tammy Ljungblad/The Kansas Metropolis Star through AP, File)
On this photograph from Friday, July 8, 2022, an indication in a yard in Olathe, Kansas, promotes a proposed modification to the Kansas Structure to permit legislators to additional limit or ban abortion. Supporters name the measure “Worth Them Each,” arguing that it protects each unborn kids and the ladies carrying them. (AP Picture/John Hanna)
On this photograph from Thursday, July 14, 2022, an indication in a yard in Merriam, Kansas, urges voters to oppose a proposed modification to the Kansas Structure to permit legislators to additional limit or ban abortion. Opponents of the measure consider it’s going to result in a ban on abortion in Kansas. (AP Picture/John Hanna)
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