Stephen Colbert rejected by Republican and Democratic parties  
Friday, November 2nd, 2007

Though he filed for the Democratic ticket yesterday and paid the $2,500 filing fee (as opposed to the Republican party's $35,000 filing fee), the Democratic party's executive council voted 13-3 against allowing him on the ballot for the January 26 primary contest.

Keian Page told Reuters such, and said that the other eight major Democratic candidates were accepted.  She said the ones that were rejected will receive their checks back.  A variety of reasons, she said, can keep a candidate off the ballot, including whether or not they are nationally recognized, and if they are actively campaigning in their state.

She did not mention whether or not it was taken into consideration that no one in the public knew if he was actually serious about the campaign or not.

Colbert cannot run as a Republican either, as he failed to qualify for the their January 19 primary ballot:  according to a party official, Colbert did not file papers with the state party nor pay the $35,000 filing fee by yesterday's deadline.

But don't put away your Colbert '08 signs just yet, South Carolina:  no one from Stephen Colbert's camp has commented on the news, yet.  There are other options:  maybe he ought to visit the Executive Committee of the South Carolina Libertarian Party.

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