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Kansas secretary of state charges nearly $120,000 for recount; anti-abortion activist files lawsuit

Two new punches were thrown Tuesday in a fight over election conspiracy theories that has placed Kansas’ Republican secretary of state at odds with die-hard Republican anti-abortion activists and election deniers.

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After Kansas vote: Hope in the states

A surprising twist on states' rights: After Dobbs, pro-choice advocates look to state courts — and it's working

Salon

Commentary: Direct democracy saved abortion rights in Kansas — but we’re not in Kansas anymore

The results of the vote over a constitutional amendment that could have removed the right to abortion in Kansas gave rise to two common reactions: surprise (that a red state would vote in favor of abortion rights) and hope (that the process could be replicable elsewhere).

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Four candidates running for governor of Kansas

Incumbent Laura Kelly (D), Derek Schmidt (R), Seth Cordell (L), and Dennis Pyle (Independent) are running in the general election for governor of Kansas on Nov. 8, 2022.

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Abortion vote recount proves no fraud in Kansas elections, state's top election official says

Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab said Monday the recount of the landslide abortion vote, which reaffirmed the election outcome, shows no major fraud exists in the state’s elections.

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Republicans fear the coming pink wave

Since January 6, anti-democratic organizing has only grown more intense and effective. Abortion is the new target

Salon

NHWK: Scorpion Grand Opening 3Q:22

By John Vandermosten, CFA NYSE:NHWK READ THE FULL NHWK RESEARCH REPORT

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Kansas recount confirms landslide win for abortion rights, but highlights risk to democracy

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas reaffirmed its landslide vote to uphold abortion rights after election officials on Sunday finished a recount that never had any chance of changing the outcome but was sought by an election denier and anti-abortion activist advancing baseless allegations of fraud.

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Kansas vote recount confirms results backing abortion rights

It upholds the vote rejecting an amendment that would have eliminated the right to an abortion from the state's constitution.

Axios

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

In Kansas vote, relief and caution for Democrats

Kansas was about one issue, while on November 8, voters will look at individuals with a track record on multiple issues

The Hindu

Libel and Presumed Damages in the Internet Age

From Marcus v. Swanson, decided today by the Kansas Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Judge Gordon Atcheson, joined by Presiding Judge Stephen Hill: In this case, we must apply defamation law crafted 40 years ago to a decidedly 21st century set of facts. A plastic surgeon [Swanson] asserted…

Reason

Spielberg among donors in $22M Kansas campaign on abortion

Abortion opponents and abortion rights advocates together spent more than $22 million on a ballot question this month in Kansas, and famed film director and producer Steven Spielberg contributed to the successful effort to affirm abortion rights

The Independent UK

Launch of Kansas sports betting spotlights Chiefs, other pro sports teams and colleges

Now that a launch date has been set for legal sports wagering in Kansas — Sept. 1 — what does this mean for pro and college teams in the state ... and just on the other side of the Kansas-Missouri state line?

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If Kansas counties underestimated abortion recount cost, they must pay the difference

Taxpayer dollars will likely be spent on the voter-imposed recount of Kansas’ landslide abortion rights ballot initiative.

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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.

The Independent UK

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

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‘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.

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Two new lawsuits accuse Missouri boarding school of abuse including starvation, torture

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two more former students are suing Agape Boarding School, with allegations including starvation and torture, bringing the total number of lawsuits to 21 since early last year.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Asking other states to help Missouri rape victims should highlight GOP’s cruelty here

It has come to this: Missouri Democrats recently reached out to Illinois and Kansas officials, asking them to secure Medicaid funding for low-income Missouri rape victims who have to travel out of state for abortion services due to Missouri’s extreme new abortion ban. It’s a chilling reminder that Missouri has…

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Better sex education in schools can help young people affected by abortion bans

Recently, Kansas voters soundly rejected a referendum that would have ensured more abortion restrictions in the solidly red state. This led to predictions that conservatives may pay a price in upcoming elections for the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization, which undid the constitutional protection for…

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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.

The Independent UK

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

Tribune News Service

Small Kansas town became a top travel destination after years of decline. Here’s how

HUMBOLDT, Kansas — Sometimes when Cole Herder has a free moment he likes to get up from behind his cluttered desk at Humboldt City Hall and go stand by the bank of floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the town square.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Sunshine in the heartland

On Aug. 2, staid, conservative Kansas gave the United States one of the biggest jolts in an election season in which Democratic disaster and Republican ascension had been such an accepted fact that left-wing media’s denial of inevitability sounded more like prayer. President Joe Biden’s approval rating was lower than…

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