Due to information gathered in the past two days, Governor Colyer called Kris Kobach to recuse himself from providing election-advice to local election officials. Kobach says he will do that, even though his office has nothing to do with the counting of provisional ballots, as it is up to county officials. In a letter to Kobach, released yesterday, Colyer stated that Kobach had been advising county election officials with what to do with mail in ballots and that may be inconsistent with Kansas law and could possibly suppress the vote in the ongoing primary election process.
Yesterday, a reporting error in the vote count from Thomas County was discovered and corrected. The correction narrowed the 191 vote margin to just 91 votes. Also, Colyer established a voting integrity hotline for voters to call if they experienced any issues while voting. That number is 1-800-951-8638.
