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Kansas county to have new vote after ballot mix-up
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| Last Edited | RBH Aug 13, 2012 10:22pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Kansas City Star |
| News Date | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A Topeka polling place will have a special election for 432 voters after some received the wrong ballots in last week's Kansas primaries, officials decided Monday.
The Shawnee County Commission set the special election for Aug. 28, limiting it to voters who cast ballots in two precincts. They will be able to vote again in two Kansas House races and for Republican and Democratic party precinct committee positions. An attorney for the county called the action “unprecedented,” but commissioners saw it as the fairest way to resolve the problem.
The decision caused frustration for the top two candidates in a three-way contest for the Republican nomination in the 52nd House District. In the most recent count, they were separated by only 45 votes out of more than 4,000, so the special election could determine the winner. Meanwhile, they're losing several weeks of fundraising and campaigning for the November general election. |
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