From Chicago, proud home of pristine politics and perennial World Series winners:
…election officials in Chicago’s northern suburbs want to know why voter registration material was sent to the dead goldfish.
“I am just stunned at the level of people compromising the integrity of the voting process,” said Lake County Clerk Willard Helander, a Republican, who said she has spotted problems with nearly 1,000 voter registrations this year.
Beth Nudelman, who owned the fish, said Princess may have landed on a mailing list because the family once filled in the pet’s name when they got a second phone line for a computer.
“There was no fraud involved,” said Nudelman, a Democrat who supports Barack Obama. “This person is a dead fish.”
I really hoped the fish’s name was Eric, but it’s “Princess Nudelman.” (Aside: who names a fish, honestly? And who signs up a fish for a phone line? Are we now to see cellphone service providers selling packages for “Friends, Family and Fish”?) But it’s not even a living fish. The registration was sent to an ex-fish.
