Three days ago, an official within the Chicago election board came out and he announced

that somehow roughly 9,000 mail-in ballots were mistakenly not counted in the state election that was held last week.

Or, to put it another way from the other perspective, this election official came out and he said

that approximately 9,000 previously uncounted mail-in ballots were suddenly discovered sitting in a cage somewhere in Chicago.

Specifically, the election official in question here is Mr. Max Bever.

He is the director of public information over at the Chicago Board of Elections.

And here is part of the public statement that he released just last week.

Quote, in adding up the total number of vote by mail ballots that the board had received back so far,

I mistakenly left out additional ballots that the board had received back so far. I mistakenly left out additional

ballots that came in by mail on the evening of March 18th a day prior to election day.

I traded speed for accuracy in reporting out numbers this week as quickly as I could.

I truly regret this error on my part and for the confusion that it has caused the voters of Chicago.

I will share updated numbers, only when they are accurate and verified.

Now let me give you a bit of background on this particular case because the details here are

rather strange to say the least.

Now the election in question here is the Cook County race for state attorney.

For reference, the Cook County State Attorney's Office is the second largest in the

country right behind Los Angeles.

And for the past eight years, the position of Cook County State Attorney has been held by

Miss Kimberly Fox.

And even if you happen to not live in Chicago,

well, you might have heard about some of the creative policies

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