What's in a name? Well, if you're running for public office, it can mean everything to your campaign.

It's a ballot faux pas -- where a candidate is concerned a spelling mistake might cost him votes and even the race.

"I'd like them to vote for Klein -- K-L-E-I-N, not K-L-I-N-E, " says Bill Klein.

Klein is running for the Brevard County Commission District 4 seat, in a crowded race, he faces six others vying for the post.

He says he was shocked when a friend told him about a sample ballot he'd received in the mail. On that sample ballot, Klein's last name was spelled wrong.

"Any confusion in the voting place could be detrimental to my election," said Klein.

The 'sample' ballot, according to the Brevard Supervisor of Elections Office is sent out as a courtesy to voters to familiarize them with the candidates; it's not a requirement per state law.

On it, the election's office encourages voters to bring it with them to the polls for reference.

Klein says last week he spoke to Supervisor Lori Scott about the mistake, and was reassured a 'revised' sample ballot with the correct spelling would be included with an explanation. Klein has a copy of a revised sample ballot, which he says is the only copy, and that the revised ballot never went to print.

News 13 spoke to Scott by phone, she emailed us some answers -- confirming a mistake was made.

"[The] misprint affected only a portion of the sample ballots received by voters in Brevard County Commission, District 4. Other than the candidate, my office has received one phone call related to this since the sample ballot arrived in mailboxes last week. Brevard's voters are very savvy; there does not seem to be any voter confusion," said Scott. "While I sympathize with Mr. Klein's desire for another sample ballot mailing, the misprint did not justify asking Brevard taxpayers to foot a $15,000 bill for a secondary, expedited copy of the sample ballot."

Still, that's not sitting well with Klein, who says even though the election's office wasn't required to send out a sample ballot in the first place, a corrected version must be sent to avoid confusion.

"She has the responsibility to change that document and correct it," adds Klein.

The misspelling only took place on the sample ballot -- the absentee ballot and Klein's name on the election website are correct.

News 13 is checking with the state board of elections to see if Klein, due to the misprint on the sample ballot, would have any recourse if he loses the election.