A Cesspool for Human Error

Neal filed over 18,000 signatures to get on the ballot, but they were challenged by mayoral candidate Willie Wilson. Now Neal and a team of volunteers have to defend each challenged signature before the board of elections, a time-consuming and difficult process. Hear from Neal and two of his volunteers, including a Chicago high school student, on what it's like to analyze handwriting and stay on the good side of records examiners. Show Notes Our previous episode , "Neal Files For Mayor," covered what it was like to turn in the petition sheets (0:41) Willie Wilson had talked previously about his plans to challenge fellow black mayoral candidates' petitions, and in November had called for them to "get out of the way" (0:47) Rickey Hendon's Wikipedia page (0:55) Rickey Hendon's Facebook Live video (1:03)

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A Cesspool for Human Error is an episode from Neal Runs For Mayor by Wailin Wong.

This episode is 20:18 long.

This episode was published on Dec 20, 2018.

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