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Vote for "Rich Whitey"

Alferd_Packer

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For some reason, I can't stop chuckling over this.

(Springfield, IL) -- An Illinois Green Party gubernatorial candidate is unhappy with the Chicago Board of Elections. That's because Rich Whitney's name is misspelled as Rich Whitey on electronic-voting machines. The problem shows up in more than 20 wards, half of them in mostly African-American areas. Officials acknowledged earlier this week that there's not enough time to get the problem corrected by election day. They added that about 90-percent of votes will be cast on paper ballots, where Whitney's name is spelled correctly.
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Makes me wonder if anyone ever ran for office with the unfortunate combination of surname and first initial to appear on ballots as "A. Crook".
 
Presumeably people vote for someone they've heard of and know the policies of, rather than an appealing name on the ballot paper.
 
uk_dave said:
Presumeably people vote for someone they've heard of and know the policies of, rather than an appealing name on the ballot paper.
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That would be a wonderful magical fantasy land ;)

I think actual policies is perhaps 25% of the reason why a vote is cast. Other notable reasons:
  • How attractive the candidate is
  • How the candidate feels about one specific social issue
  • Whether or not the candidate is the first person on the ballot
  • How their parents voted
 
Is that the criteria you use to vote?

I ask only because it always appears that other people do these absurd things, never ourselves.

Do you know anyone first hand who has admitted to casting their vote for one of those reasons? (Especially the "first on the ballot paper" reason.... to me that sounds like someone who is a bit........ confused)
 
So the paper ballots are correctly spelled and it's the computer machines that are wrong?

No surprise.

Whitey should probably be thankful they didn't spell it in leet.
 
uk_dave said:
Presumeably people vote for someone they've heard of and know the policies of, rather than an appealing name on the ballot paper.
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Oh really? In 1986 the LaRouchies won 2 spots on the Illinois ballot as Democrats, mainly because voters liked their names - Mark Fairchild and Janice Hart.

Was quite a story at the time...

And in Chicago an Irish name certainly helps.
 
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Newtons Bit said:
[*]How attractive the candidate is
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In that case, Chris Coons is in trouble...

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uk_dave said:
Presumeably people vote for someone they've heard of and know the policies of, rather than an appealing name on the ballot paper.
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Yes, I too cannot imagine why blacks in the inner city would not vote for Rich Whitey.
 
If Niger Innis were on the ballot and his name were misspelled as it was once during an appearance on MSNBC, what do you think the odds are that the election officials would find some way to rectify the problem? (If Niger Innis were A: running for office and, perhaps more importantly, B: not a conservative...)
 
Grizzly Adams said:
If Niger Innis were on the ballot and his name were misspelled as it was once during an appearance on MSNBC, what do you think the odds are that the election officials would find some way to rectify the problem? (If Niger Innis were A: running for office and, perhaps more importantly, B: not a conservative...)
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And if a frog had wings, it wouldn't bump its ass a-hoppin'.

Another whiney complaint-by-hypothetical dispensed with -- free of charge.
 
hgc said:
And if a frog had wings, it wouldn't bump its ass a-hoppin'.

Another whiney complaint-by-hypothetical dispensed with -- free of charge.
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Stop crying about a hypothetical question. It's a valid point to point out a similar scenario and theorize how it might be handled differently.

If you don't like it, the solutiuon is quite simple, but I'll clue you in anyway in case you can't figure it out: DON'T *********** READ IT.

I didn't whine and I didn't complain. Don't minimize the things I say. If you feel the words that flow ffrom my keyboard are so inconsequential, you should just put me on ignore instead of trolling me.

******.
 
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