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State makes public number of ballots cast during grace period in primary

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Urban areas across Kansas, most notably Johnson County, would have had the most votes discounted if the three-day grace period had not been in effect for the primary election this year, new data show.

The data compiled by the secretary of state's office show that 996 mail ballots arrived at local election offices in the three days after the polls closed at 7 p.m. on Aug. 4. Another 84 ballots arrived after the three-day grace period.

The data showed that 129 of the 996 ballots that arrived within the three-day grace period did not include . . .

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