Friday, October 10, 2008

Well Done Rensselaer County

The joke is over, people. No matter how much you want it to be or how much you want to scare the American public, Barack Osama is ridiculous. Seriously, we aren't 5 years old.

Rensselaer County in New York sent out absentee ballots with Barack Osama as the Democratic candidate. They claim it was a typo. That went through three people. None of whom noticed.

Really? How stupid are those people? They must be incredibly. Really? No one caught it? No one? I'm pretty sure at least one out of three people know Barack's correct last name.

And who was the person who typed up the ballot? S and B are not exactly close on the keyboard.

If the voters change the spelling of the name, their vote is considered invalid. That's fishy isn't it? Some voters in the county think so.

But don't worry, only 300 absentee ballots were sent out like that. And if you point out the mistake, they county election office will send you a new ballot. So let's say, optimistically, 50 people get a new one which leaves 250 incorrect ballots. Out of the entire voting age population of the United States (about 75% are of voting age, which means about 2.25 million), only 250 out of 2.25 million people will be exposed. That's a really small fraction. I guess I am overreacting.

http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=728326

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