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As the 2024 presidential election approaches, officials, advocates and experts have expressed concern over misinformation and disinformation about candidates and elections in Chicago, Cook County and Illinois.

There was significant opposition to the Gaza genocide in the March 26 Illinois primary.

The Associated Press called the race for O'Neill Burke shortly before 5 p.m. Friday. She will face Republican Bob Fioretti and Libertarian Andrew Charles Kopinski in the November general election.

The latest batch of city and suburban mail-in ballots in the Cook County state's attorney's race show Eileen O'Neill Burke leading Clayton Harris III by 1,637 votes, up 39 since Tuesday.

An additional 10,000 mail-in ballots which had been overlooked in a "human error" were added to a Democratic primary.

Based on the unofficial results, Eileen O'Neill Burke now leads Clayton Harris 50.15% to 49.85%. Both campaigns say they are prepared for next steps in the contest.

Based on the unofficial results, Burke now leads Harris 50.16% to 49.84%. They are separated by less than 1,700 votes. Harris trailed by about 10,000 votes on Election Night last week.

The Democratic primary in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s race continued to tighten on Monday, but could a recount occur if the vote remains this close?

In a video disseminated via his campaign's Facebook page, Tommy Hanson, the candidate for Illinois' Fifth Congressional District, expressed his disappointment over the low voter turnout in the primary election. Hanson is set to challenge incumbent Democrat Mike Quigley in the forthcoming general election.

The Chicago Board of Elections added more than 10,000 votes Saturday and claimed the board somehow forgot to count mail-in votes.