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August 15, 2022

Kansas Orders Hand Recount of Vote That Affirmed Reproductive Rights
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Kansas's secretary of state has signed off on a hand recount of ballots
cast on August 2, when voters overwhelmingly rejected a referendum that
would have removed reproductive rights from the Kansas Constitution. The
recount was requested by a private citizen who has spread baseless
conspiracy theories about the 2020 election; it will be paid for by
anti-abortion activists. The recount is unlikely to change the outcome
of the election, which saw Kansans affirm abortion rights by a
165,000-vote margin.