Kansas Abortion Vote Upheld With Partial Recount Of Amendments
Kansas reaffirmed its overwhelming pro-abortion-rights vote after election officials completed a recount that never had any chance of changing the outcome but was sought by a pro-choice activist and an anti-abortion activist, making baseless claims. for fraud. Instead, the exercise provided a second victory for opponents of an amendment that would strip abortion rights from the state constitution. But the repetition of such a one-sided vote, rather than building credibility in the results, risks undermining confidence in the election because the process gave fringe, die-hard supporters of the amendment an opportunity to try to create an aura of uncertainty around the vote, while, in fact, none ever existed....