"Close Race and Ballot Mistake: Cook County State's Attorney Election Update"

The Chicago Board of Elections has acknowledged an error in the unofficial vote count for the Democratic primary race for Cook County state's attorney, with over 10,000 vote-by-mail ballots mistakenly left out. Eileen O'Neill Burke is currently leading Clayton Harris III by nearly 4,800 votes, and the counting process is ongoing with the expectation of a winner before the April 2 deadline for late-arriving ballots. Regardless of the tight race, Illinois law does not mandate an automatic recount, but the losing candidate within 5% of the winner can request one.