Posted on 10/14/2010 2:35:39 PM PDT by speciallybland
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.
Mail your campaign contribution with the check made out to “Rich Whitey”.
Be sure to save the cancelled check. Gotta be worth something on ebay.
Yes, I also heard in similar districts in Delaware “Christine O'Donnell” was misspelled as “Cracker B*tch”.
Is there any other jurisdiction where 90% of the voters request paper ballots when machines are available?
In Tennessee, the paper ballot option is available but of the times I’ve been to the polls, I would say maybe 1% request a paper ballot.
Also is it hard to change the machine?
I’m not sure what the law is. Maybe, just maybe, once the ballot is agreed to by all parties it cannot be changed.
But it would seem *very* strange that the paper ballot would read one way and the the machine another.
Rich “Tighty” Whitey to his close intimate friends.
WTF???!!!
Time for a beer summit.
One would think an electronic ballot could be corrected as soon as proper witnesses were called in. Must be more complicated than it looks.
Now that you mention it, I’ve been voting pretty much a straight Rich Whitey ticket my whole life. All too often here it’s the only choice you have.
Its refreshing to see some Po Crackas in the mix now.
Surprised it didn’t say “Rich Honky!”
This is freakin hilarious. I heard it on a talk station and just laffed my rear off The host was having a FIELD DAY with this. LOL
His suggestion: JUST GO WITH IT DUDE
Sometimes irony just writes itself ROFL
ROFLMAO!!!!!!
The commie piggies in Illinois are so concerned with a total power grab of the U.S. that they can’t even conduct an election properly. What a bunch of retards.
This is the closest they’ve been to their socialist utopia. They won’t give up easy.
“if you ask me this is nothing more that the white version of the N word...somebody’s ass should be fired and then prosecuted for civil rights violations as well as hate crimes laws.”
Although I agree with what you posted, we are rapidly reaching a point in the USA where it is questionable whether English is the primary language of the parties responsible, or are they functionally illiterate?
Suits him well. And his DINK voters.
Welcome to Chicago politics!
Damn...just damn. Liberal on liberal.
Did anyone think that literacy may be so bad in Illinois that “those voters” may not know it is spelled incorrectly?
Just asking.
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