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Federal judge dismisses Kansas lawsuit seeking a redo of 2020 presidential election

Federal and state judges have dismissed all seven lawsuits filed by conspiracy theorists against Kansas election officials in an effort to change results for multiple recent elections, including the 2020 presidential election.

Tribune News Service · Nov 16, 2022

Will election conspiracy theories cause permanent damage to democracy in Kansas?

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In early September, Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden spoke with a group of Johnson County conservatives known as the “Liberty People” about his efforts to investigate voter fraud.

Tribune News Service · Oct 2, 2022

Kansas activist sues for a statewide abortion recount

A Kansas anti-abortion activist is suing for a complete hand recount of an election in which voters soundly rejected a proposal to remove abortion rights from the state’s constitution

The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2022

Kansas recount confirms results in favor of abortion rights

Election officials say a decisive statewide vote in favor of abortion rights in Kansas has been confirmed with a partial hand recount

The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2022

4 Kansas counties complete abortion recount with minimal vote count changes

Four of the nine counties ordered to undergo a hand recount of votes in Kansas’ abortion ballot initiative have finished their tallies with minimal changes to the overall vote total.

Tribune News Service · Aug 17, 2022

Kansas abortion vote: Why recount with such a large margin?

Kansas has begun a partial hand recount of this month’s decisive statewide vote in favor of abortion rights

The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2022

‘It’s over with’: Abortion recount hampers Kansas Republicans’ pivot to general election

Kansas Republicans have spent the past two weeks trying to move on.

Tribune News Service · Aug 16, 2022

Largest Kansas counties will recount abortion vote after roughly $120,000 raised

TOPEKA, Kan. — A partial recount of Kansas’ abortion rights vote will proceed after frantic fundraising to pay for a hand count of every ballot in the state fell short of the $230,000 needed.

Tribune News Service · Aug 15, 2022

Kansas hasn't started hand count of vote for abortion rights

Kansas hasn't started a statewide hand recount of this month’s decisive vote in favor of abortion rights

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2022

Activist offers to pay for Kansas' recount of abortion vote

An anti-abortion activist who heads a small hard-right Republican group said he’s offered to pay the expected $229,000 cost of a hand recount of votes from every Kansas county after a decisive statewide vote affirming abortion rights

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2022