The latest scoop on Sonny Landham, belligerent warmonger and protectionist LP US Senate candidate: The Bluegrass State's Libertarian Party voted 9 to 0 to take him off the ballot.
Since then, the Kentucky Secretary of State has reversed his decision to let the LP withdraw the "Libertarian" endorsement on the ballot. Richard Winger says that under the circumstances, the LP can either let him stay on the ballot as a Libertarian, or "the party can submit its petition in the middle of August, which will mean that the petition will only be valid for president and vice-president, but not U.S. Senator (the deadline for the presidential and vice-presidential candidate is in early September, but the deadline for all other office is in early August). In that case Landham won’t be on the ballot at all." A commenter argues that stripping all these signatures from him might be unfair to Landham.
I spoke with the Chair of the KY LP, Ken Moellman, who confirmed that this about sums up their circumstances right now. Under today's ballot access laws and in this post-McCain/Feingold world, the party faces three currently undisclosed options of what to do, which they will consider at a special executive meeting the chair called for this evening, Moellman told me. Landham will get to give his case. I will give an update when they decide which course to take.
