It’s not for nothing that Chicago is known for the slogan “Vote early, vote often.” This town is famous for voting irregularities. Florida took that fame away from us, what with a presidential election swinging on butterfly ballots and hanging chad.
But today, in a story reported by the Tribune‘s David Kidwell, we showed that although we may not be #1 any more, when it comes to election weirdness, we’ve still got some moves:
It’s no Agatha Christie novel but a real case for election investigators sent to the 49th Ward’s 42nd precinct Tuesday morning, after 20 ballots were cast with “magic” invisible ink pens.
Election officials just smirked, shook their heads in disbelief and called it the most bizarre election snafu in recent memory.
Apparently, said city election board spokesman James Allen, the poll workers told incredulous voters—including one spouse of an election judge—that the stylus used for touch-screen voting was actually an inkless pen to fill out paper ballots.
We’re back, baby!
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