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N.Y. Election Mix-Up: 'Osama' On The Ballot

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Oct 10, 2008 3:36 pm US/Eastern

N.Y. Election Mix-Up: 'Osama' On The Ballot

TROY, N.Y. (AP) ― Who is running for president? In an upstate New York county, hundreds of voters have been sent absentee ballots in which they could vote for "Barack Osama."

The absentee ballots sent to voters in Rensselaer County identified the two presidential candidates as "Barack Osama" and "John McCain." In the United States, the best-known person named Osama is Osama bin Laden, leader of the al-Qaida terrorist group.

Commissioners for the Rensselaer County Board of Elections say they regret the error but do not acknowledge in a statement exactly what the error is.

The botched ballots were first reported by the Times-Union of Albany.

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