WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) – Two weeks after the August 2 election that gained nationwide consideration for the vote on abortion, some within the “Worth Them Each” advocates say they assume it could have been rigged – one man so satisfied he put up greater than $100,000 of his personal cash for a recount.

“Any individual had to do that. You already know, I feel if the Worth Them Each committee had cash left, I feel they might have accomplished it,” mentioned Mark Gietzen.

Gietzen is a widely known anti-abortion activist, the President of the Kansas Republican Meeting, and the person who put almost $120,000 on his personal bank card for a partial recount of the August 2nd abortion vote.

“We could not do 105 counties. All we may do was eight… [Including] the three largest counties,” mentioned Gietzen.

Gietzen says the funds he offered pays for hand-recounts of the votes in Crawford, Douglas, Harvey, Jefferson, Johnson, Lyon, Sedgwick, and Shawnee counties.

Gietzen says his largest concern is that the voting machines have been rigged.

“What if we had that very same malicious software program? Taking the No and the Sure columns and switching them on Worth Them Each? We do not know. Proper now, no person is aware of the place we’re at on the vote,” mentioned Gietzen.

Kansas Director of Elections Bryan Caskey says there’s nothing mistaken or unlawful with what Gietzen is doing.

“I am completely happy to do it. Once more, I feel something that reinforces the integrity of our election outcomes, I am in favor. If the legislation permits us, we’re completely happy to do that,” mentioned Caskey.

Caskey says the recount is already underway in lots of counties. Election Commissioner Angela Caudillo says Sedgwick County will begin counting Wednesday morning.

Gietzen says it doesn’t matter what the recount finds, it should nonetheless be value the associated fee to him.

“I hope that we’ve got, we find yourself with an election system that individuals can belief. If we win the Worth Them Each, that will be great. However I might, I might [still] do that. I already did it,” mentioned Gietzen.

If the outcomes of the election find yourself overturned after the recount, the state should legally pay Gietzen his a refund, diverting the associated fee to every county. However with such an enormous Vote No victory, many specialists say that probably will not occur.