On October 12, a voter casting a vote at an Early Voting site in Chicago went to vote for Rich Whitney. When the voter got to the “review screen” listing all of his votes, the screen told him he had voted for… RICH WHITEY.

Thus began WHITEYGATE, which has made national – even international – news.

Rich Whitney’s statement on WHITEYGATE.

National Media Coverage
MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann: Chicago Board of Elections “World’s Worst Person”!
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow
New York Times
Washington Post (AP story)

Chicago Media Coverage
Links coming soon!