A Colby resident must pay nearly $230,000 by 5 p.m. Monday for a statewide recount of Kansas’ constitutional amendment on abortion to move forward. Supporters of a recount appeared engaged in a last-minute scramble to secure the funds hours before the deadline. A long-time anti-abortion activist who plans to provide financial backing for the effort said Monday morning he was headed to the bank and would have more information later. The Kansas Secretary of State’s Office on Monday morning rejected an attempt to offer assets — including a home — as collateral to secure the recount. Election officials are insisting recount supporters have cash in hand, or a cash equivalent like a cashier’s check. The amendment, which would have stripped abortion rights from the Kansas Constitution, went down in a landslide defeat. The 59% to 41% victory for amendment opponents reverberated nationally in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June decision striking down Roe v. Wade. But a subse...