COOK COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY CONDEMNS ELECTORAL BOARD’S REFUSAL TO REVIEW SWORN AFFIDAVITS Affidavits raise questions about Julie Cho’s petitions for election to the office of New Trier GOP Committeeperson CHICAGO — Cook County Republican Party Chairman Aaron Del Mar, joined by township and ward committeepersons and state party officials, sharply criticized the Cook County Officers Electoral Board (“COEB”) for refusing to acknowledge or review sworn and valid affidavits from petition circulators