The Chicago Board of Elections says it “mistakenly left out” 10,000 vote-by-mail ballots when tabulating the results for the Democratic primary race for Cook County state’s attorney that is currently separated by approximately 2,000 votes, the Daily Mail reported.
At last count in the race to head the nation’s second-largest prosecutor’s office, Eileen O’Neill Burke was in the lead with 259,445 votes, while Clayton Harris III had 257,430.
The vote-by-mail ballots were delivered last Monday, and is unclear why they were not included during the original count for Election Day, which was the following day.
Read more at Newsmax© 2024 Newsmax. All rights reserved.