While Amanda Hess has garnered Typo of the Week honors — and is surely in the running for Typo of the Year — Taegan Goddard has a nomination at least worthy of Honorable Mention:
The last name of Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney (G) is misspelled as ‘Whitey’ on electronic-voting machines in nearly two dozen Chicago wards — about half in predominantly African-American areas — but election officials said the problem cannot be corrected by Election Day, the Chicago Sun Times reports.
At least, I’m assuming that it’s a typo. Now, granted, the Green candidate was unlikely to win, anyway. But “Rich Whitey” is going to have a hell of a time picking up votes in Chicago’s black precincts, unless he gets points for truth in labeling.
