Saturday, October 23, 2010

Political Minute: Would you vote for "Rich Whitey"?

News today out of Illinois, where the question of "Will you vote for Rich Whitey?" will be raised for voters in a few days. It seems a typo on electronic voting machines will result in Green Party candidate Rich Whitney being listed as Rich "Whitey". With many of the problematic machines in predominantly African-American districts, will this prove a major blow to his chances?

Read more here: http://www.mediaite.com/online/illinois-candidates-name-misspelled-as-rich-whitey-on-electronic-voting-machines/

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