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Title: Rich Whitney is '"Rich Whitey" on some Chicago ballots
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on October 14, 2010, 10:28:22 AM
CHICAGO (AP) - One letter can make a big difference - especially when it comes to a ballot in the Illinois governor's race.

Election officials in Chicago say Green Party candidate Rich Whitney is listed as Rich "Whitey" on some electronic-voting machines in Chicago.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the misspelling turned up on touch-screen machines in 23 wards and it can't be corrected by Election Day.

Chicago Board of Elections spokesman Jim Allen says Whitney's name is spelled correctly on the machines' initial screens, which show all of the candidates' names. But Allen says Whitney is misspelled on review screens that later show a voter his or her choices.

Allen says there isn't enough time to reprogram and test the machines before Nov. 2.

Whitney says he's considering legal action because he worries the mistake will impact the vote.

LINK (http://www.whbf.com/Global/story.asp?S=13321752)

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Title: Re: Rich Whitney is '"Rich Whitey" on some Chicago ballots
Post by: thundley4 on October 14, 2010, 11:20:34 AM
Quote from: Ralph Wiggum on October 14, 2010, 10:28:22 AM
CHICAGO (AP) - One letter can make a big difference - especially when it comes to a ballot in the Illinois governor's race.

Election officials in Chicago say Green Party candidate Rich Whitney is listed as Rich "Whitey" on some electronic-voting machines in Chicago.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the misspelling turned up on touch-screen machines in 23 wards and it can't be corrected by Election Day.

Chicago Board of Elections spokesman Jim Allen says Whitney's name is spelled correctly on the machines' initial screens, which show all of the candidates' names. But Allen says Whitney is misspelled on review screens that later show a voter his or her choices.

Allen says there isn't enough time to reprogram and test the machines before Nov. 2.

Whitney says he's considering legal action because he worries the mistake will impact the vote.

LINK (http://www.whbf.com/Global/story.asp?S=13321752)

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I'm in Illinois and have never heard of the guy.  How his name is spelled sure won't affect my vote.
Title: Re: Rich Whitney is '"Rich Whitey" on some Chicago ballots
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on October 14, 2010, 11:23:25 AM
Quote from: thundley4 on October 14, 2010, 11:20:34 AM
I'm in Illinois and have never heard of the guy.  How his name is spelled sure won't affect my vote.

Green Party, which explains why.
Title: Re: Rich Whitney is '"Rich Whitey" on some Chicago ballots
Post by: Wretched Excess on October 14, 2010, 11:24:21 AM
it could have been worse.  they could have misspelled his name "rich faggylookinggrandpa".

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/RichWhitney2.jpg/300px-RichWhitney2.jpg)
Title: Re: Rich Whitney is '"Rich Whitey" on some Chicago ballots
Post by: Celtic Rose on October 14, 2010, 11:24:56 AM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/RichWhitney2.jpg/225px-RichWhitney2.jpg)

For the Illinois Green Party. Yep I bet it is only the name issue that will keep him from getting elected  :rotf:
Title: Re: Rich Whitney is '"Rich Whitey" on some Chicago ballots
Post by: Tess Anderson on October 14, 2010, 11:57:39 AM
Illinois . . . isn't that the state that can't decide on whether to count those military ballots this year? The whole state, Chicago in particular, could use a little reform, to put it mildly.

The OP would have been even better if Whitney wasn't white. Stil expecting to see photoshops of him with a caption underneath to "kill Whitey Nov 2"
Title: Re: Rich Whitney is '"Rich Whitey" on some Chicago ballots
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on October 14, 2010, 01:53:45 PM
It's more likely to get him the smartass vote as well as a lot of free publicity than it is to hurt him.
Title: Re: Rich Whitney is '"Rich Whitey" on some Chicago ballots
Post by: Karin on October 14, 2010, 02:42:58 PM
He does look pretty fruity, doesn't he?
Title: Re: Rich Whitney is '"Rich Whitey" on some Chicago ballots
Post by: miskie on October 14, 2010, 03:47:17 PM

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/RichWhitney2.jpg/225px-RichWhitney2.jpg)

Above. 'Rich Whitey',  "$Green$" Party candidate.

(http://punchbutton.beloblog.com/archives/images/0906/richie%20rich.bmp)

Above. 'Rich Whitey' as a child star on television and in print media.
Title: Re: Rich Whitney is '"Rich Whitey" on some Chicago ballots
Post by: seabelle on October 15, 2010, 10:41:18 AM
Quote from: thundley4 on October 14, 2010, 11:20:34 AM
I'm in Illinois and have never heard of the guy.  How his name is spelled sure won't affect my vote.

I dunno, he could get a bump from RAAAACists and White Supremists  :rotf: