{"id":2205614,"date":"2024-03-25T12:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T16:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tough-on-crime-democrats-lead-shrinks-after-chicago-officials-mistakenly-forgot-9000-mail-ballots\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T13:01:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T17:01:21","slug":"tough-on-crime-democrats-lead-shrinks-after-chicago-officials-mistakenly-forgot-9000-mail-ballots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tough-on-crime-democrats-lead-shrinks-after-chicago-officials-mistakenly-forgot-9000-mail-ballots\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic candidate&#8217;s advantage wanes as Chicago officials overlook 9,000 mail ballots"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftough-on-crime-democrats-lead-shrinks-after-chicago-officials-mistakenly-forgot-9000-mail-ballots%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2205614&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Tough Battle in Cook County Prosecutor Primary Race<\/h2>\n<p>A tough-on-crime Democrat and her progressive opponent faced a \u200bdramatic turn\u2063 in the Cook County State&#8217;s Attorney primary \u2063election. Initially holding a substantial lead of over 10,000 votes \u200don Election Day, the Democrat \u200cnow leads by \u2062a mere 2,000 votes. The sudden shift came to light when the Chicago Board of Elections admitted to omitting more than 9,000 crucial mail-in ballots\u2063 from the count.<\/p>\n<h3>Recount Drama Unfolds<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;In adding up the total number of Vote By Mail ballots the Board had received \u2063back so far,\u2062 I mistakenly left \u200cout\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-county-suffers-widespread-shortage-of-ballots-election-officials\/\" title=\"Arizona County Suffers Widespread Shortage of Ballots: Election Officials\">additional ballots<\/a> that had been received back via USPS the evening of Mon, 3\/18,&#8221; clarified a CBOE spokesman.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This error sparked immediate controversy and raised questions about the accuracy of the \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-state-2024-race-shapes-up-as-candidates-vie-to-replace-katie-porter\/\" title=\"California's 2024 race intensifies as contenders compete for Katie Porter's seat.\">election\u2062 results<\/a> in one \u200bof the nation&#8217;s most crucial prosecutor races. Despite assurances that the overlooked ballots were secure, \u2063their exclusion from the initial tally \u200bcast doubt on the transparency of the electoral process.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The CBOE\u200b faced scrutiny over the omission \u200band pledged to rectify the misleading data promptly.<\/li>\n<li>Attorneys for both candidates agreed \u2063to\u2063 continue ballot\u2063 counting and verification with oversight \u2062from poll watchers.<\/li>\n<li>The deadline \u2064for election \u2062certification looms, \u2062adding urgency to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-state-lawmaker-defeats-incumbent-senator-in-virginia-democrat-primary\/\" title=\"Ex-State Lawmaker Beats Incumbent Senator in VA Dem Primary.\">ongoing vote count<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Candidates&#8217; \u2062Platforms and Policies<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-haley-super-pac-highlights-tough-china-stance-strength-in-a-world-of-chaos\/\" title=\"Pro-Haley super PAC emphasizes strong stance on China: 'Power amidst global disorder'\">primary\u2064 contenders<\/a>, Eileen O&#8217;Neill Burke and Clayton\u200b Harris III, present distinctive stances\u200d on key issues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>O&#8217;Neill Burke advocates for reverting to a $300 threshold for prosecuting shoplifting, arguing that\u2064 a lower threshold is essential for deterring crime.<\/li>\n<li>Harris, conversely, supports maintaining the current $1,000 threshold while emphasizing efforts to combat gun trafficking and\u200d organized crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Furthermore, their differing approaches to sentencing,\u2063 with Harris prioritizing considerations of race during the sentencing process, underscore the ideological diversity within the Democratic primary \u2063for Cook County State&#8217;s Attorney.<\/p>\n<p>As \u200cthe ballot count continues, the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-campaign-arm-adds-13-democratic-seats-to-its-target-list\/\" title=\"House GOP Campaign Arm Adds 13 Democratic Seats To Its Target List\">race remains<\/a> a focal point of political intrigue, with each additional vote potentially shaping \u2062the future trajectory of criminal justice in Cook County.<\/p>\n<h3>Stay Tuned for Updates<\/h3>\n<p>Follow the latest developments in the\u2062 closely contested \u200bprimary race, as disenfranchised voters and fervent supporters await the final verdict that will determine the Democratic contender to succeed the outgoing State&#8217;s Attorney, Kim Foxx.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Election Day, a tough-on-crime Democrat led her progressive rival by over 10,000 votes in the primary race for the nation&#8217;s second-largest prosecutor&#8217;s office. However, the lead has narrowed to around 2,000 votes after the Chicago Board of Elections omitted over 9,000 mail-in ballots, raising concerns about the accuracy of the results<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2205615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/50021761563_2dda94df27_k-e1711327439980.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2205614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/50021761563_2dda94df27_k-e1711327439980.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2205614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2205615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2205614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2205614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2205614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}