Obama's name misspelled on 2000 ballots

Scriptor Ignotus

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Mon Jan-14-08 10:46 PM
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Obama's name misspelled on 2000 ballots

probably a dupe, but I couldn't find it. at least it was his first name...ugh. :eyes:

http://www.local6.com/politics/15040675/detail.html

ORLANDO, Fla. -- As Florida's primary approaches, there are already reported problems concerning ballots in Central Florida

Some 2,000 absentee ballots in Volusia County have been mailed with Barack Obama's first name misspelled.

On the ballot, the candidate's name is spelled B-A-R-A-K, Local 6 News reported Sunday.

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Dogmudgeon

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Mon Jan-14-08 10:47 PM
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1. I thought it was "Barak"

My mistake. I shall correct it at once.

--p!

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Fed_Up_Grammy

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Mon Jan-14-08 10:50 PM
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2. What's your point?

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Scriptor Ignotus

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Mon Jan-14-08 11:38 PM
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7. i guess i didn't have one

i'm just posting a news article someone else wrote.

however, it's a little disconcerting given the Obama-Osama slips that have gone on in the past. plus any error, no matter how minor, kind of freaks me out when it has to do with ballots or the election process. some states, country have very anal rules regarding these types of things, so its possible Obama could lose those up to 2000 votes, assuming they all voted for him...

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sniffa

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Mon Jan-14-08 10:52 PM
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3. just an oversight

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barak_%28disambiguation%29

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Zueda

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Mon Jan-14-08 10:55 PM
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4. Jeez... and they want to make their primary have a greater impact by moving it up?

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Igel

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Mon Jan-14-08 11:22 PM
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6. State versus county/city.

State-level folk moved up the election date.

Local BOEs do the ballots. State-level folk have very little to do with the actual ballot production or counting. They just issue general rules and collect the results, once certified by the local BOEs.

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Just-plain-Kathy

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Mon Jan-14-08 10:58 PM
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5. I was afraid they were trying to pull what FOX news did and call him Osama. ..n/t

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Fed_Up_Grammy

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Tue Jan-15-08 07:17 PM
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8. I thought it was Ted Kennedy that got the names mixed up.

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