# @thekansascitystar on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CjDeNioM_zx
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19115584-thekansascitystar-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-09-28T14:45:59.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kansas City Star (@thekansascitystar) — https://gondola.cc/thekansascitystar

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In Kansas and across the country, a growing collection of citizens no longer trust the outcomes of elections and promote claims of massive fraud without any basis or proof.

Though exaggerated claims of voter fraud are not new to the Sunflower State, former President Donald Trump’s continued refusal to accept his 2020 defeat helped set a fire in Kansas that continues to spread ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm election.

In August, election deniers sought a recount of a constitutional amendment defeated by 18 points and are now seeking a criminal investigation into the state’s top election official. Some of the same people have filed frivolous lawsuits seeking a revote of the 2020 election, the elimination of dropboxes and entirely hand-counted elections. They’re bolstered by a Johnson County sheriff’s investigation and Republican politicians who have indulged the unfounded claims either through lawsuits or legislation.

As Kansas heads into the Nov. 8 election with one of the most competitive races for governor in the country on the ballot, the onslaught of election denialism poses real risks, voting rights advocates argue.

“The lesson of this stuff being so big in Kansas is really just how dangerous of a gunpowder that’s building here,” said Davis Hammet, founder of the left-leaning civic engagement group Loud Light.

Read the full story at the link in our bio. ✏️ Katie Bernard

#KansasPolitics #MidtermElections #Democracy #ElectionDenialism #Voting #Kansas #KSVotes

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