Here we go again?
In a totally-not-at-all mysterious turn of events, after the Cook County State’s Attorney candidate who advertised herself as the “tough on crime” candidate was leading in the Democrat primary, 10,000 ballots were miraculously discovered, most of which benefited her opponent. Cook County is the most populous country in Illinois, and includes Chicago.
The race is open because the current State’s Attorney, the George Soros-backed Kim Foxx, decided against seeking a third term, likely due to the fallout from her role in the Jussie Smollett hate crime hoax coverup.
The candidates in the Democrat primary are Eileen O’Neill Burke, a former judge with a “tough on crime” reputation, and Clayton Harris, an attorney and professor. O’Neill Burke has been leading in fundraising thanks to help from Republican donors, while Harris has fundraised primarily from labor unions, progressive groups, and establishment Democrats.
As Newsweek reported:
Around 10,000 missing votes have been added to a Democratic primary tally after being overlooked in what election officials call a "human error."
The mistake, if unchecked, could have made all the difference in Chicago's Cook County state's attorney's race.
On March 19, polling day, Harris was nearly 10,000 votes behind, according to an early estimated tally. By the end of Wednesday, after the 10,000 votes were added in, unofficial results had narrowed down to a tiny margin. O'Neill Burke was ahead by just 1,598 votes, with 50.16 percent of the poll, against 49.84 percent for Harris.
The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners said on Sunday there were 54,191 outstanding mail-in ballots that had been sent out to voters yet to be returned.
As is becoming the norm in U.S. elections, the results from this election held nearly two weeks ago are still undecided. The final day for mail in ballots to be counted is next Tuesday, April 2, and the O’Neill Burke campaign says they’ll be waiting until then to decide its next steps.
Matt Palumbo is the author of Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers: How the Left Hijacked and Weaponized the Fact-Checking Industry and The Man Behind the Curtain: Inside the Secret Network of George Soros
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