New York County Prints ‘Barack Osama’ on Ballots
Hundreds of absentee ballots sent to voters in New York State’s Rensselaer County, near Albany, were printed with Barack Obama’s last name spelled as “Osama,” the Albany Times Union reports.
But here is the frightening part about this story. County elections officials tell the newspaper that it was a typo that made it by three rounds of proof-readers. Now, how is that possible?
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14 Responses to “New York County Prints ‘Barack Osama’ on Ballots”
Uh. What’s with boxes 1B and 1C?
Comment made on October 11th, 2008 at 1:43 pm>>Uh. What’s with boxes 1B and 1C?
In NY, multiple parties can get on the ballot and they can endorse anyone. 1C is the Independence Party, and they have endorsed John McCain for president. He has also been endorsed by the Conservative Party, while Barack Obama has been endorsed by the Working Families Party. You may only vote once, but you may vote for any party.
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Comment made on October 11th, 2008 at 4:53 pmThe GOP is so stupid that it thinks it can get away with even obvious misdemeanors. “Oh they’ll never catch this one!”
Comment made on October 11th, 2008 at 5:36 pmThe good Senator just needs is to add some Irish spin to his name:
Barry O’Bama for President!
Comment made on October 11th, 2008 at 7:32 pmSorry about that, I gotta learn me some English sentence writin’.
Comment made on October 11th, 2008 at 7:35 pm“Upstate NY County…” would be a better title.
When I first read the headline, it seemed to be about New York County, which is Manhattan.
Comment made on October 11th, 2008 at 8:05 pmSome government educated democrats must have proof read that!
Comment made on October 11th, 2008 at 9:48 pmsarcasm is great. I’m a fan, but this is bullshit.
Comment made on October 11th, 2008 at 11:33 pmI just stand back and shake my head. mmm mmm mmm You gotta be kidding me. Well..I suppose we will be seeing a whole lot more of this kinda shit. Immoral, unscrupulous right-wingers will stop at nothing to steal an election.
Comment made on October 11th, 2008 at 11:55 pmmwah,
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It’s obvious that it was intentional. All the votes that were selected for this candidate would be disqualified as they were not for the actual dem candidate. Another bit of dirty politics. I hope they fire veryone involved in this scam.
Comment made on October 12th, 2008 at 6:25 amPERFECT - I suppose it’s racist……but of course the Rev Wright isn’t, right?
Comment made on October 12th, 2008 at 2:14 pmIts amazes me at the way the folks in the trenches actually doing the work can make themselves be heard! I think this ballot snafu shows lots of people still don’t trust this Obama man.
Comment made on October 13th, 2008 at 12:55 pmgood! i hate (deleted by editor) so this makes me warm inside. azn pride 4ever 1ST AZN PRESIDENT 2012 WOOOT.
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