January 1998
Affiliate News: Alabama
State Libertarians are planning to run a candidate in a special election -- but are facing an illegal petitioning deadline that's so short that they are considering legal action.John Sophocleus, an economics professor at Auburn University, is planning to run for State Representative in a special election on January 20th.
However, the campaign got only one week to collect signatures to get on the ballot -- which campaign manager Scott Kjar said was an "illegal deadline imposed by the governor."
The campaign is now considering its options, "and watching closely to see whether [state bureaucrats] will take action, or will allow this egregious violation of our rights to go uncorrected," said Kjar.
