From the Missouri Secretary of State:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
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Kander Announces Recount on Statewide Ballot Measure
Jefferson City, Mo. – Secretary of State Jason Kander today announced a statewide recount of Constitutional Amendment 1, which appeared on Missouri’s August 5th primary election ballot, has been requested.
Kander’s office has created a webpage (www.sos.mo.gov/elections/Amendment1) to make the recount process more transparent and accessible to Missourians. The page will be updated daily at 3 p.m. to show the recount schedule established by the local election authorities, each local election authority’s report of findings, and a summary of recount results. The office will also train a team of staff members that can be dispatched throughout the state if assistance is requested. Per state statute, the recount will be supervised and certified by the secretary of state’s office no later than September 15.
“My goal is to set the standard for an open, transparent and fair recount process,” Kander said. “Recounts are in place to both ensure the integrity of elections and give Missourians confidence in the results, which is why I put an emphasis on new transparency measures.”
According to state law (RSMo 115.601), recounts are not automatically triggered, but must be requested by a registered voter whose position on the ballot question was defeated. Statewide races are only eligible for a recount when results are separated by less than one half of one percent of total votes cast. Of 996,672 votes cast on Constitutional Amendment 1, there were 499,581 “yes” votes and 497,091 “no” votes, with a difference of 0.24 percent.
The recount was requested by Wes Shoemyer on behalf of Missouri’s Food for America. Constitutional Amendment 1 will be represented by Dan Kleinsorge on behalf of Missouri Farmers Care.
Local election authorities will determine the date and time for recounts to take place in their respective counties, and a bipartisan team of election judges will conduct the process. Media may be present to observe the proceedings.
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Previously:
Campaign Finance: $110,000.00 for something they really care about (January 3, 2014)
Campaign Finance: Food fight! (May 28, 2014)
Campaign Finance: Because, across Missouri, family farms are being supplanted by… (June 24, 2014)
Campaign Finance: as if yard signs were actually a cash crop for actual farmers… (June 28, 2014)
Utilizing the First Amendment to challenge our oppressive corporate overlords… (July 2, 2014)
Joe Maxwell – “No” on Amendment No. 1 (July 8, 2014)
Campaign Finance: egg money (July 9, 2014)
Campaign Finance: opposing useless law (July 25, 2014)
Right to farm: read the small print and between the lines (July 25, 2014)
Pinch me, I must be dreaming – Cynthia Davis gets it right on Amendment 1 (July 30, 2014)
Campaign Finance: Big agriculture money keeps pouring in for Amendment 1 (July 31, 2014)
Baker Creek Seed Company – Vote “No” on Amendment 1 (August 3, 2014)
Senator Paul LeVota (D) on Amendment 1 (August 4, 2014)
After all that corporate money this is the best that they can do on Amendment 1? (August 6, 2014)