Rich Whitey, Candidate for Governor
The last name of Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney (G) is misspelled as 'Whitey' on electronic-voting machines in nearly two dozen Chicago wards -- about half in predominantly African-American areas.
While Amanda Hess has garnered Typo of the Week honors — and is surely in the running for Typo of the Year — Taegan Goddard has a nomination at least worthy of Honorable Mention:
The last name of Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney (G) is misspelled as ‘Whitey’ on electronic-voting machines in nearly two dozen Chicago wards — about half in predominantly African-American areas — but election officials said the problem cannot be corrected by Election Day, the Chicago Sun Times reports.
At least, I’m assuming that it’s a typo. Now, granted, the Green candidate was unlikely to win, anyway. But “Rich Whitey” is going to have a hell of a time picking up votes in Chicago’s black precincts, unless he gets points for truth in labeling.
Judas Priest on a pony (as my middle school music teacher liked to say).
Changes can’t be made on an electronic voting machine? Are you f***ing kidding?
Why don’t they just call the U-M profs who showed how easy it is to hack the machines … maybe they can change the name for them. WTF, man. Who paid for these machines, and who programmed them? Idiots, all of them.
Jim this made me laugh.
I thought this was gonna be an article about Meg Whitman’s campaign for gov. of california