From the Chicago Sun-Times –

The last name of Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney is misspelled as “Whitey” on electronic-voting machines in nearly two dozen wards — about half in predominantly African-American areas — and election officials said Wednesday the problem cannot be corrected by Election Day.

The misspelling turned up on touch-screen machines in 23 wards overall. Whitney’s name is spelled correctly on the machines’ initial screens showing all of the candidates’ names, but it is misspelled on review screens that later show a voter his or her choices, said Jim Allen, spokesman for the Chicago Board of Elections.

This is the actual “Rich Whitney.”

This is a serious problem. The misspelling could endanger his chances of winning the election. However, since he is polling currently at 2%, the danger may be small.

(It might knock him down to 1.8% in the general election, a true landslide.)

James Pilant