A "mechanical error" led to Staten Island District Attorney candidate Joan Illuzzi urging constituents to vote a day late in the election in a front page advertisement in Tuesday's Staten Island Advance.
Copies of Tuesday's paper have a large Joan Illuzzi sticker that reads "Vote Tomorrow!" But the race for the new DA is on Tuesday, not Wednesday.
Not all copies of the paper had the blunder and some had the correct "Vote Today!" If readers peel off the sticker on the copies that include the mistake, the Advance has the correct date of the election printed under it.
Illuzzi's campaign manager, Nick Iacono, said that they sent the paper two stickers — one to run Monday and another to run Tuesday — but the Advance made a mistake and put the wrong one on today's copy.
"It’s totally their error," he said. "For some reason, some issues of the Advance went out with the wrong sticker. It's the Advance's error not the campaign's."
He added the paper was trying to fix the problem and posted a story online letting people know the correct date of the election, blaming the snafu on a "mechanical error."
A spokesman for the paper did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Some Twitter users were quick to point out the mistake on Tuesday morning.
Way to go Staten Island GOP. pic.twitter.com/MyE9llfB72
— Chris McCreight (@chrismccreight) November 3, 2015
Regardless of what's printed on the paper, the Republican Illuzzi will square off in the polls on Tuesday against Democrat Michael McMahon in the race to become the new DA — replacing Dan Donovan who left the post last year when he was elected to Congress.
Voters can also choose who will replace former Councilman Vincent Ignizio for his vacant City Council seat but will have an easy choice: Only a single candidate, Joe Borelli, filed to run in the race.
