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All of this is stunning. Kobach gets to oversee the recount for a race *he is in,* and if his opponent in that race wants to pay for a hand recount, Kobach gets to set the price. kansascity.com/news/politics-…
Props to @HunterMw, @jonshorman and @BryanLowry3 for their tireless coverage of this race that won't end.
I'm also sending this article around next time someone asks me why my beat is election administration.

This shit is fascinating and drama filled yall.
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Im not sure why the two scenarios are equivalent. McSally’s opponent was not actively managing his own election and polling locations in Arizona didn’t have near the problems those in Georgia did.
No one was praising McSally for simply walking away. People praised her for not inventing problems to be mad about - even if you disagree with the severity of problems in Georgia it is undeniable that they were present.
Just the idea that McSally would’ve stood down if Sinema was in charge of the election or if there were five hour lines in Republican strongholds coupled with massive machine failure and ongoing lawsuits is...not credible.
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Hello journalists. Please do not retweet or quote claims about illegal ballot activity in Florida, Georgia or Arizona without fact checking those claims. You will help spread panic and mistrust and many of you already have.
And I’m mostly looking at you, national journalists. Local journalists are doing a fine job covering this accurately. All voting is local, and not all wild claims are news.
Journalists are part of the voting process. We are not apart from it. People do not look at the statements by their Secretary of State on a state website - they google and our work is there. If that work contains misinformation we meaningfully impact this system. Do good work.
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Last week Trump praised a congressman who body slammed a reporter.
"If you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them, would you? Seriously, OK? Just knock the hell ... I promise you I will pay for the legal fees. I promise, I promise," — Trump in Feb. 2016 at one of his rallies.
"The audience hit back and that's what we need a little bit more of." mashable.com/2016/03/11/don…
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#Kansas voting board crushes a challenge to #KrisKobach’s 343 vote "win" in the Republican gubernatorial primary. The judges: 3 GOP party hacks led by #Kobach’s assistant, Eric Rucker. kansascity.com/news/politics-… #KansasPrimary
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Thread. "Kris Kobach, Kansas’s top election official, recently declared victory in the highly publicized Republican gubernatorial primary in Kansas, surpassing his opponent (sitting Gov. Jeff Colyer) by about 300 votes." via @tytinvestigates tytnetwork.com/2018/08/17/kob… 1/
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