Kansas anti-abortion activists scramble to cover $229K cost of abortion amendment recount

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By Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector
Published August 15, 2022

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TOPEKA — Anti-abortion activist Mark Gietzen expressed confidence Monday that $229,000 would be secured to finance a hand recount of more than 920,000 votes cast statewide on a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution restricting the right to abortion.

The Kansas Secretary of State’s Office set a 5 p.m. Monday deadline for delivery of cash, check or credit card with a sufficient line of credit to proceed with the county-by-county recount sought by supporters of the amendment disappointed by the initial outcome. The amendment fell short in the Aug. 2 primary election by a landslide margin of 59% to 41%.

Gietzen, chairman of the Kansas Coalition for Life in Wichita and a prominent participant in anti-abortion protests in Wichita for more than 30 years, said he would pick up the torch of the recount effort launched by Colby resident Melissa Leavitt.

Kansas Reflector is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Kansas Reflector maintains editorial independence.

https://www.rawstory.com/kansas-anti-abortion-activists-scramble-to-cover-229k-cost-of-abortion-amendment-recount/

[VMA131Marine]

1. Am I missing something?

“NO” won by over 165,000 votes!

What do they expect a recount to do?

[sakabatou]

2. The Repukes are just sore losers.

[VMA131Marine]

4. True, but this is just dumb

Recounts rarely change vote totals by tens of votes, let alone tens of thousands.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

7. To sow doubt division and confusion, imported from Russia! It's what fascists do.

[Gore1FL]

3. At least they are circulating money.

There are, of course, far more effective ways to stimulate the economy, but for Republicans it's pretty good.

[Mr.Bill]

6. And it's money they won't have anymore

to spend on their anti-choice efforts.

[Liberal In Texas]

5. Guess they believe their own BS.

If they lose ANY election, there must have been fraud.