Rich Whitney, a long shot Green Party candidate for Governor of Illinois now has an even longer shot. An error at the Chicago Board of Elections will cause Whitney's last name to be misspelled as "Whitey" on some touch screen ballots this November. Of the 23 wards affected by the typo, half of them are largely African American districts. The error cannot be fixed in time for election day. Now black people will have the option of voting for "Rich Whitey" this Fall. Good luck, Rich.
From Whitey, uh, Whitney himself:
“I don’t want to be identified as ‘Whitey.’ If this is happening in primarily African-American wards, that’s an even bigger concern,” Whitney told the Chicago Sun-Times. “I don’t know if this is machine politics at play or why this happened.”
The state that gave you Blago now gives your "Rich Whitey." The gift that keeps on giving.
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