Cook County State's Attorney's race vote gap down to 1,600
Per state law, all late-arriving but properly postmarked ballots must be counted.
Per state law, all late-arriving but properly postmarked ballots must be counted.
A week after the primary elections in Illinois, a winner has yet to be determined in the Democratic race for Cook County State’s Attorney, with the two candidates now separated by only about 1,600 votes. Chicago Board of Elections spokesman Max Bever shares where things stand with the official vote count.
On Saturday the Chicago Board of Elections added more than 10,000 votes to the total ballot count as the result of what its director of public information said was a human error.
The gap in the race for Cook County State's Attorney is razor thin. As of Sunday evening, Eileen O'Neill Burke led Clayton Harris III by just under 4,800 votes.
The gap in the race for Cook County State's Attorney has narrowed even more. The Chicago Board of Elections added more than 10,000 votes to its total count on Saturday after its director of public information said he mistakenly left out some vote-by-mail ballots.
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Chicago election officials on Friday will begin scanning and counting thousands of mail-in ballots, a day after workers spent the day checking signatures on those ballots. Poll watchers for both of the Democratic candidates for Cook County State’s Attorney will be there to keep an eye on the process, with that race still too close to call. Max Bever, with the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, helps break down the process.
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The two candidates as of late Wednesday were separated only by 9,000 votes. Meanwhile, 20 precincts across Cook County had not yet reported their results as of 5 p.m. Wednesday. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
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