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Kansas abortion vote: Why recount with such a large margin?

Hannah Joerger, left, Amanda Grosserode, center, and Mara Loughman hug after a Value Them Both watch party after a question involving a constitutional amendment removing abortion protections from the Kansas constitution failed, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, in Overland Park, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

FILE - Wichita City Council candidate Mark Gietzen, right, visits with Sedgwick County Commissioner Richard Ranzau during an election watch party in Wichita, Kan. on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Gietzen, a hard-right anti-abortion activist from Wichita who also promotes election conspiracies, has helped raise money to pay for a recount vote on an abortion amendment in 2022. (Mike Hutmacher/The Wichita Eagle via AP)

People cheer at a watch party in Overland Park, Kansas, after learning that voters rejected a state constitutional amendment that would have allowed the Legislature to restrict or ban abortion, late Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. (Angie Ricono/KCTV5 via AP)

Kansas abortion vote: Why recount with such a large margin?