There was a short story in the local paper's National section this morning and this version was on the net.
TROY, N.Y. (AP) - Who is running for president? In an upstate New York county, hundreds of voters have been sent absentee ballots in which they could vote for "Barack Osama ." The absentee ballots sent to voters in Rensselaer County identified the two presidential candidates as "Barack Osama " and "John McCain." In the United States, the best-known person named Osama is Osama bin Laden, leader of the al-Qaida terrorist group. Commissioners for the Rensselaer County Board of Elections say they regret the error but do not acknowledge in a statement exactly what the error is. The botched ballots were first reported by the Times-Union of Albany.
If we had a Whoops award on this Blog this weeks’ would go to Rensselaer County elections officials who mailed out those three hundred or so absentee ballots. It’s been called an innocent mistake. The ballots were supposedly proof read. My little X-Files loving brain is going unh huh.
I type for a living and I’m more likely to type an F or a G instead of a B. that S key is a long way away and uses a totally different finger. Faces are suitably red and the ballots will be replaced, but you do find yourself wondering.
Cross posted in Pixels.
4 comments:
That is unacceptable in my book. Maybe the proof reader forgot his glasses. Dannelle
This story may have to do with "b" & "s", but it has nothing to do with where those letters are located on the keyboard...
Lisa, that's prett much what mom said......only she didn't use the abbrevitions. LOL Sometimes mom surprises even me. Not the attitude, The language. Most of the time she doesn't go past darn.
Something along the line of a prank gone bad ... at the taxpayer's expense. Totally B & S.
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