Typo on Michigan Democrats flier is for phone sex line

Typo on Michigan Democrats

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DETROIT -- A flier sent by Michigan Democrats featuring a photo of Barack Obama that urged voters to submit an absentee ballot application includes a telephone number connecting callers to a phone sex line.
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State party spokeswoman Liz Kerr said Tuesday a typo on the flier from the Michigan Democratic State Central Committee directed people with questions to call an incorrect number. Kerr says the party apologizes for the misprint.

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[edit on 28-10-2008 by Clark W. Griswold]

How could this possibly happen? Doesn't anyone proof read anything anymore?

The correct number -- 888-MI-CHANGE -- reaches a campaign hotline.

How do you screw up a number like that? I'm curious to what number was printed on these fliers. I wonder if it was the prefix and if so, were there any phone charges to the people who called the wrong number?

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Maybe the inside work of a saboteur?

Originally posted by Clark W. Griswold


How could this possibly happen? Doesn't anyone proof read anything anymore?

No, they don't. As a career in printing tells me, erroneous numbers are the easiest to miss. At least they didn't blame the printers...lol