Barton County Commissioners spent the first part of their Monday morning canvassing the ballots that were cast in last Tuesday’s general election. Barton County Clerk Donna Zimmerman explains the process that includes the counting of provisional ballots that were cast during the election process.

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Election officials in more than half of Kansas counties began the process of reviewing some 9,000 provisional ballots as part of a statewide effort to arrive at final official vote totals in the tight Republican primary for governor.

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Secretary of State Kris Kobach led Gov. Jeff Colyer by 110 votes out of 313,000-plus cast after late mail-in ballots from all 105 counties were added Friday to totals from advance voting and ballots cast at the polls Tuesday.

The canvass was beginning early Monday in suburban Kansas City’s Johnson County, where a board was set to review 1,800 provisional ballots, given to voters at the polls when their eligibility is in question.

Seventy-six counties including Barton started canvass meetings Monday, but some will meet later this week and next.