# o snizap v. Rensselaer County absentee ballots

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**Created:** [October 14, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/o-snizap-v-rensselaer-county-absentee-ballots/56472 "2008-10-14T21:18:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/o-snizap-v-rensselaer-county-absentee-ballots/56472/1 "2008-10-14T21:18:04Z")

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[http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=728326](http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=728326)

> It could have been Ovama or Ofama. Or even Olama. But with one “s” the Rensselaer County Board of Elections turned a single wrong letter into a national embarrassment Friday. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s last name is spelled “Osama” on some 300 absentee ballots mailed out this week to voters in Rensselaer County hilltowns.

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**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/o-snizap-v-rensselaer-county-absentee-ballots/56472/2 "2008-10-14T21:35:41Z")

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**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/o-snizap-v-rensselaer-county-absentee-ballots/56472/3 "2008-10-15T04:15:34Z")

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