“Right to farm” recount is under way in Missouri
County election officials began the recount of votes on the “right to farm” constitutional amendment in Missouri on Thursday with results due at the Secretary of State’s office by Sept 11. The amendment passed by 2,490 votes out of 996,672 cast during the Aug 5 primary election. The recount was requested by opponents of the amendment. Secretary of State Jason Kander’s office said a running tally would be posted daily on the Internet. Kander must certify the results by Sept 15. the amendment was popular in rural Missouri but strongly opposed in its cities, said the Daily Dunklin (Mo) Democrat.
For the tally sheet, the schedule for the recount and other information from Kander’s office, click here.
Kansas Sen Pat Roberts, a senior member of the Agriculture Committee, is “the most vulnerable Republican senator,” says the Rothenblog at Roll Call. “A spectacular confluence of events has built the credible scenario that a Republican could lose a Senate race in Kansas,” says the blog. It says the residency issue continues to simmer and “Roberts has not been actively campaigning for about a month now.”