Clerk To Recount Votes In More Than 100 Kane County Precincts

KANE COUNTY, IL — Three Republican candidates who lost their races in November still have a glimmer of hope, with the Kane County Clerk’s office set to do a discovery recount Tuesday in 119 precincts, the Kane County Chronicle reports.

Jim Oberweis, David Rickert and Jeanette Ward filed petitions for a discovery recount after each was defeated by their Democratic opponent in a close race.

Each candidate said they were entitled to a discovery recount after earning at least 95 percent of the winner’s vote total, the Chronicle reports.

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Discovery recounts in Illinois are “limited in scope and will not change the results of an election," but they could be used as a basis for contesting election results, according to Citizens for Election Integrity Minnesota.

Oberweis challenged Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Naperville) for her seat in Congress but came up several thousand votes short.

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He declared victory shortly after polls closed Nov. 3, though he held a lead of less than 1,000 votes with tens of thousands of votes still to be counted. The Associated Press called the race for Underwood on Nov. 12, after she opened up a lead of more than 4,000 votes over the Illinois state senator.

Underwood picked up 50.7 percent of the 401,000 votes cast in the race, with Oberweis earning 49.3 percent of the vote.

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Oberweis is seeking a discovery recount in all seven counties within the 14th Congressional District, including Kane County. The recount for Oberweis in Kane County includes 21 precincts, the Chronicle reports.

Six-term Republican Kane County Treasurer David Rickert lost his race to become the county’s next board chairman. Democrat Corinne Pierog prevailed by just over 2,000 votes, with 114,285 to Rickert’s 112,260 votes. That recount will include 72 Kane County precincts, according to the Kane County Chronicle.

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The Kane County Clerk’s Office will also recount votes in 21 precincts in the between Republican Jeannette Ward and Democrat Karina Villa to replace Oberweis in the Illinois State Senate, the Chronicle reports.

Villa picked up 57,834 votes while Ward received 56,376 votes.

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