Barack Osama Ballot

[Meian]

Didn't see this here but if it was in that crowded mess of the Sarah Palin topic then I didn't see it =x

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27122742/?GT1=43001

New York election mixup: 'Osama' on ballot
Hundreds in upstate county get absentee ballots with ‘Barack Osama’


'Barack Osama' printed on NY ballots
Oct. 10: MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell reports on the ballot missprint in which Barack Obama is called "Barack Osama."
MSNBC


updated 5:57 p.m. ET, Fri., Oct. 10, 2008
TROY, New York - 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 individual named Osama is Osama bin Laden, leader of the al Qaida terrorist group behind the 2001 attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center in New York City.

The typographical terror error was first reported by the Times Union of Albany.


The elections office faxed a statement in which the two commissioners, Democrat Edward McDonough and Republican Larry Bugbee, said they regret the error but never acknowledge what the error was.

“It’s human error, it’s very unfortunate, it’s an embarrassment to our office, obviously,” McDonough said in a later phone interview. “We wish we could turn back the clock, but we can’t.”

When they discovered the mistake, officials shredded the remaining “Osama” ballots and mailed correct versions to the roughly 300 people who had already received them.


McDonough said the “Osama” mistake was made in only one of the 13 ballot versions mailed throughout the county, located east of the state capital of Albany.

Voters who received both versions will be allowed to send in either one and have it counted, McDonough said.

Obama spokesman Blake Zeff said the campaign is “glad officials are working to correct this error and we assume it won’t happen again.”

[Dimmauk]

I could see how this was an easy typo, the "B" and the "S" are so close to each other on the keyboard. Plus who needs to proof read something that is so important?

[Jodwahh]

Hey be fair I'm sure it's a really long document and they didn't have time to read it over. Ohwait

[Shuemue]

John McCain is Jim diGriz?

[0ni0n]

I could see how this was an easy typo, the "B" and the "S" are so close to each other on the keyboard. Plus who needs to proof read something that is so important?

orly?
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[Tyche]

the breeze is strong in here.

[0ni0n]

the breeze is strong in here.

heh, Krye /

[Izzy]

heh, Krye /

Wow it just got even gustier!! I'm going to go with a cat 3 with potential for strengthening.

[Demosthenes11]

trying to tie this to McCain is like tying Acorn to Osama

[Tricen]

Don't you mean Obama?

[Ashira]

Yeah, Leno had this in his monologue last night.

"Oh, we're sorry, we'll correct it and send out proper ballots with the right name, Barack Hussein Osama."

[Pyro]

Yeah, Leno had this in his monologue last night.

"Oh, we're sorry, we'll correct it and send out proper ballots with the right name, Barack Hussein Osama."

Oh man, now Leno is going to get ridiculed by the McCain campaign for using his middle name.

[Maxxthepenguin]

trying to tie this to McCain is like tying Acorn to Osama

Who was trying to tie this to McCain?

[Richybear]

McCain wouldn't get the reference though.
He'd be like "Why does he get a new name? I want my ballot to say John McPOW. You know, just in case people forgot I was there."

[Aerin]

Yeah, Leno had this in his monologue last night.

"Oh, we're sorry, we'll correct it and send out proper ballots with the right name, Barack Hussein Osama."

lol, Leno is awesome

[0ni0n]

McCain wouldn't get the reference though.
He'd be like "Why does he get a new name? I want my ballot to say John McPOW. You know, just in case people forgot I was there."

Jesus dude, give the man a break. He was a POW for 5 years!! Those 5 long years of grueling experience has transcended into a political immunity against any shitstorm bought by the liberal agenda.

[Kuya]

trying to tie this to McCain is like tying Acorn to Osama

?

[Demosthenes11]

bad jokes are bad =(

[Howard Roark]

orly?
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