Obama Listed As "Barack Osama" On Some New York Ballots

11/10/2008 05:12 am ET | Updated May 25, 2011
  • Albany Times-Union

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's last name is spelled "Osama" on hundreds of absentee ballots mailed out this week to voters in Rensselaer County.

The misspelling, which elections officials on both sides of the aisle insist was simply a typo, is causing embarrassment for the county.

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