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Politics
Austin Horn

A group of election losers in Kentucky are asking for recounts. It’ll cost them thousands

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A handful of Republican candidates who lost primaries in May are asking for recounts, even in races where some of them lost by several thousand votes.

One problem for them: cost.

Recount costs are projected by local and state officials to amount to several thousand dollars, and the petitioners are none too happy about it. Per state law, any challenger must pay a bond set by a local circuit judge.

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