“Colbert, who has admitted he does not want to be president but just wanted to run for it in his native state of South Carolina, had filed for the Democratic ticket earlier on Thursday and paid the $2,500 filing fee.
Hours later, the party’s executive council voted 13-3 against allowing him on the ballot for the January 26 primary contest, party spokeswoman Keiana Page told Reuters. The eight other major Democratic candidates were accepted, she said.
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Colbert also failed to qualify for the Republican January 19 primary ballot. He was required to file papers with the state party as well as the Federal Election Commission and pay a $35,000 fee, but that did not occur by Thursday’s deadline, according to a party official.” – Article
Wow, look at the difference between those fees!
Is it any wonder that only rich jerks run on the Republican ticket?
I’m really not surprised at all.
The disparity is something Colbert definitely pointed out on his show.
SERIOUSLY!!! I heard about that when I read an article about it a couple weeks ago (or maybe just a few days… regardless, he hadn’t been rejected yet). I think we may have finally figured out why the Republican candidates suck! thirty fucking five fucking THOUSAND DOLLARS?!!
I can’t believe that campaign financing doesn’t address this! Why aren’t more people pissed about THAT?!