Kansas officials have approved a recount for a proposed State constitutional Amendment on abortion rights, but only for some counties. The Group pushing the recount scaled back its request to a handful of counties rather than the whole state. The list of counties includes the three most populous: Johnson, Sedgwick and Shawnee. The recount will cost the group nearly $120,000. The group originally wanted a statewide recount, of all 105 counties at a cost of around $230,000.
A recount will not change the outcome of the election and the main advocacy group that supported the amendment has accepted the defeat.
The recount request came from Melissa Leavitt of Colby; however, Wichita Anti-Abortion Activist Mark Gietzen, pledged to help pay for the recount.
