A Wichita State University statistician is on a mission to prove that Kansas Republicans have committed election fraud.
Mathematician Beth Clarkson is taking Kansas Republicans to court to force Secretary of State Kris Kobach to release voting records that would prove that Republicans committed election fraud to help them maintain control over the state.
Clarkson claims he has found that computer-reported results from larger precincts in the state, with more than 500 voters, show a “consistent” statistical increase in votes for the Republican candidates in General Elections, and even a similar increase for establishment GOP candidates versus Tea Party challengers during Republican primaries. Those results run counter to conventional political wisdom that Democrats perform better in larger, more urban precincts.
But Kansas’ Secretary of State went to court to stop Sedgwick County from releasing valuable voting records that would show a suspicious pattern. The county is the second most populous county in the state and includes Wichita, the most populous city. So if there has been election fraud, the voting records in Sedgwick County could blow the scandal wide open.
Considering that Kansas Governor Sam Brownback won re-election in 2014 by a 3.7 percent margin, it’s that much more important to look at the voting records to see just how much election fraud played a role in his victory. Brownback survived a challenge from a popular Democratic candidate whom even many Republicans supported.
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