Illinois Candidate's Name Misspelled As 'Rich Whitey' On Electronic-Voting Machines

lightningandsnow

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Thu Oct-14-10 11:44 AM
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Illinois Candidate's Name Misspelled As 'Rich Whitey' On Electronic-Voting Machines

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There are typos and then there are complete and utter catastrophes.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the name of Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney is misspelled "Rich Whitey" on electronic-voting machines in 23 wards -- "about half in predominantly African-American areas." The error only occurs on screens voters would see when they are reviewing their choices (Whitney's name appears correctly on the initial screens), but officials say the error cannot be corrected before election day.

Jim Allen, spokesman for the Chicago Board of Elections, told the Sun-Times he expects 90% of votes on election day to be cast on paper ballots -- minimizing the number of voters who would see the misspelling.

"I don't want to be identified as 'Whitey.' If this is happening in primarily African-American wards, that's an even bigger concern," Whitney told the Sun-Times. The paper says he's considering legal action. "I don't know if this is machine politics at play or why this happened."

The latest Rasmussen poll shows Whitney drawing just 2% of the vote.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/10/il-gov-candidates-name-mispelled-as-rich-whitey-on-electronic-voting-machines.php

This reminds me of a conversation I had with a friend the other day about a local school trustee candidate who's very right-wing:

Me: "God, I hope Mike Wiener doesn't win."
Her: "Trust me. With a name like that, he's not going to."

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Thu Oct-14-10 11:49 AM
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1. And he thinks it's a conspiracy

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AngryAmish

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Thu Oct-14-10 12:54 PM
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2. I just voted and I forgot to look for Rich Whitey!

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Thu Oct-14-10 01:29 PM
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3. ROFL!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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Odin2005

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Thu Oct-14-10 10:01 PM
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4. OMG, ROFLMAO!!!

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jobycom

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Fri Oct-15-10 01:48 AM
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5. I wonder how many people are going to vote for him just to get to that screen.

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semillama

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Fri Oct-15-10 11:33 AM
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6. One could make the case that Rich Whitey is running in elections all across the country. n/t

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driver8

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Fri Oct-15-10 02:02 PM
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7. Oh man, that is funny!!

I am sitting here laughing my ass off!

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