Chicago Board of Elections ‘Mistakenly’ Left Out Over 9,000 Mail-In Ballots in Primary Election

An official at the Chicago Board of Elections said he mistakenly failed to count over 9,000 ballots in a state’s attorney race in the primary election.

A voter at a voting location at the Humboldt Park Branch of the Chicago Public Library in Chicago, Ill., on March 19, 2024. Nathan Worcester/The Epoch Times

A Chicago Board of Elections official said Sunday that he had “mistakenly” left out over 9,000 mail-in ballots from one of the races in last week’s Illinois state primary election, sparking renewed scrutiny around voting by mail in the run-up to the November presidential election.

“In adding up the total number of Vote By Mail ballots the Board had received back so far, I mistakenly left out additional ballots” that came in by mail on the evening of March 18, a day prior to Election Day, according to a March 23 statement by Max Bever, Director of Public Information at the Chicago Board of Elections.