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cmeisenzahl
The cynic in me wonders if there was a pattern to how these people voted.

Voters are told pen had 'invisible ink' :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Elections
"When it comes to election shenanigans, Chicago has been accused of just about everything.

But invisible ink?

Twenty voters at a Far North Side precinct who found their ink pens not working were told by election judges not to worry.

It's invisible ink, officials said. The scanner will count it."
http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/779...magic06.article
Deirdre
Grr.

Doesn't it make you just want to take a few quarts of Noodler's Blue Ghost and go paint the election officials' houses with rude phrases? And then put some flashlights out that show what's written?

Grr.
cmeisenzahl
QUOTE(Deirdre @ Feb 11 2008, 04:35 PM) [snapback]511234[/snapback]
Grr.
Doesn't it make you just want to take a few quarts of Noodler's Blue Ghost and go paint the election officials' houses with rude phrases? And then put some flashlights out that show what's written?
Grr.

LOL! roflmho.gif
dcwaites
I knew there was a reason that, by law, we are only allowed to use pencils in Australia.

Sounds like a flippant remark might have been made to the official (the "misinformed judge"), who didn't bother to run the comment past his brain before passing it on to the voters.

A batch of faulty ballpoints, I can understand. A flippant remark, I can understand. An election official running on autopilot, possible. Mix the three together, minor disaster.

If it was a conspiracy, there would have been a lot more than 20 people involved.

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