Clay County Election Board completes election ballot investigation

KMBC9 (Hearst, Kansas City) and WDAF FOX4 (Nexstar, Kansas City) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedThe Clay County Election Board says an election error that caused hundreds of ballots to be casted in error, did not affect the outcome of the Western Commissioner race.

What changedWDAF FOX4 (Nexstar, Kansas City) frames it as "Clay County Election Board completes election ballot investigation". KMBC9 (Hearst, Kansas City) frames it as "Clay County Election Board: Ballot error did not affect primary election results".

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Still Watching. WDAF FOX4 (Nexstar, Kansas City) frames it as "Clay County Election Board completes election ballot investigation". KMBC9 (Hearst, Kansas City) frames it as "Clay County Election Board: Ballot error did not affect primary election results".

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Aug 5, 11:29 PM: KMBC9 (Hearst, Kansas City) joined the source map.

Aug 5, 11:38 PM: WDAF FOX4 (Nexstar, Kansas City) joined the source map.

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WDAF FOX4 (Nexstar, Kansas City)12m ago

Clay County Election Board completes election ballot investigation

The Clay County Election Board says an election error that caused hundreds of ballots to be casted in error, did not affect the outcome of the Western Commissioner race.

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KMBC9 (Hearst, Kansas City)11m ago

Clay County Election Board: Ballot error did not affect primary election results

Clay County says 538 voters received incorrect ballots during the primary election, but the ballot error did not change the outcome of the Western Commissioner race.

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