How do you spell Obama

Officials on both the Democrat and Republican side in Rensselaer County are saying the misspelling of Barrack Obama's name on absentee ballots was simply a typo. OK, my cynical mind is saying this is bunch of hog wash. But then, this is Rensselaer County. The County that's a half step above Scary County, I mean Schoharie County

Part of me does think this may not have been a mistake or it was a joke of bad taste that some how made it to the final draft. But the bigger question is, how the hell does a typo of this magnitude get by 3 different staff members who proof these things? Someone had to make copies of the ballot...They didn't notice? And then someone had to stuff the envelope...They didn't notice? Cummon, I know I'm a bad speller, but this is ridiculous.