[Vision2020] How's This for an "Oops"

[Tom Hansen]

Illinois candidate Whitney is 'Whitey' on some Chicago ballots.

Oops: His first name is Rich

Courtesy of WLS-AM (Chicago, Illinois) at:

http://www.wlsam.com/Article.asp?id=1985684&spid=

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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 Allan 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.

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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