Under pressure, Kris Kobach agrees to recuse himself from Kansas GOP gubernatorial primary vote count

Kris Kobach.
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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) announced on Thursday night he will recuse himself from vote-counting in the state's GOP gubernatorial primary.

Kobach ran in the primary against incumbent Gov. Jeff Colyer (R), and only 91 votes separate the two. Colyer released a letter on Thursday night, calling on Kobach to recuse himself after several counties notified him that the secretary of state's website has inaccurate vote tallies. "We've received countless reports that voters experienced issues when they voted on Tuesday," Colyer campaign spokesman Kendall Marr told the Kansas City Star. "Many Colyer voters had difficulties finding his name on the ballot, were forced to vote on provisional ballots, or were turned away outright for unknown reasons."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.