Dems manipulating the Third Party vote to their advantage

From Eric Dondero:

A little last minute election shenanigans in this heavily Democrat-controlled State perhaps?

Just by pure coincidence at least 20 heavily African-American precincts on the southside of Chicago will see the name "Rich Whitey" appear on their ballots as the Green Party candidate. Richard Whitney, his real name of course, was the Green Party candidate for Governor in 2006 and polled 8% of the vote.

The Governor's race is tight, with Republican Bill Brady leading incumbent Democrat and former Rod Blagojevich crony Pat Quinn by 3 to 4 points in most polls. Dems have long feared that Whitney polling another 8% this year, could spell trouble for Quinn's reelection prospects.

Just Breaking from WFIE TV News:

The Chicago Board of Elections apologized Thursday to the Green Party and Whitney for the spelling error, which affected every voting machine already deployed.

The Board of Elections admitted Wednesday that they mistakenly printed Whitney's name as "Whitey" on electronic-voting machines in 23 wards, including about half in African-American communities.

Whitney is quoted:

"I don't want to be identified as "Whitey," Rich Whitney told the Sun-Times. "If this is happening in primarily African-American wards, that's an even bigger concern. I don't know if this is machine politics at play or why this happened."

Note - regular LR readers may recall that back in August (article - "Illinois Democrats use Libertarian Party to attack Mark Kirk"), Democrat candidate for US Senate Alexi Giannoulias sent out a mass mailing urging conservatives to vote for Libertarian Party candidate Mike Labno for the Barack Obama Senate seat, as the "real conservative," rather than Republican nominee Mark Kirk.