New York election mixup: 'Osama' on ballot

[Plant City Rebel]

So, do we think this is a Freudian slip or what?

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

[J. J.]

The interesting thing is the number of Democrats who missed it.

[Lunar]

I made a thread about this, but most likely it was one of the editors who did the triple-checking late in the process who inserted the mistake.  We don't know if the last person to see the ballot was a (D) or (R).

[Mr.Jones]

The words "B" and "S" are too far apart for a typo. This was a deliberate ploy to confuse general electorate to think Obama is related to Osama.

Fact is if any US politician is related to the Osama family, it is the Bush family who have connections with the Osama family doing oil business together.

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Source: http://www.wordsasweapons.com/warconnections.htm

[Kaine for Senate '18]

The words "B" and "S" are too far apart for a typo. This was a deliberate ploy to confuse general electorate to think Obama is related to Osama.

Fact is if any US politician is related to the Osama family, it is the Bush family who have connections with the Osama family doing oil business together.

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Source: http://www.wordsasweapons.com/warconnections.htm

Oh shut up

[cinyc]

I made a thread about this, but most likely it was one of the editors who did the triple-checking late in the process who inserted the mistake.  We don't know if the last person to see the ballot was a (D) or (R).

I still want to know whether they got Obama's name right on the Working Families line.  Since nobody has said it was Osama on that line too, I assume that they got it right.  If they did, it was probably an honest mistake.

As I said before, the B is not near the S, but the A is right next to it.  And distorted faxes can make b look like s .  It's still unacceptable - but since the County Boards of Election are made up of a Democrat and Republican, it likely wasn't political.