Keyes is out of senate race!!!

Wonkette has just reported that "Democrats on the Illinois state election board have successfully shot down Marylander Alan Keyes' bid to represent their state in the Senate."  Here's the link:

http://www.wonkette.com/archives/breaking-keyes-not-really-resident-of-state-not-really-candidate-02 0432.php

This was just confirmed by Lapis in a comment below (thanks!) via Archpundit.

Here's the latest from Capitol Fax, an Illinois politics website:

A taste of Capitol Fax from August 25, 2004: UPDATE 2: The State Board is still meeting at this moment. Evidently, they can't even muster enough votes to adjourn. The results of all adjournment votes is 4-4, with the Republicans and Democrats split.

UPDATE1: Apparently, the ENTIRE state ballot is not certified for the November election at this moment. The Democrats wanted to have two votes, one to certify Keyes, and another to certify the rest of the ballot. But that didn't happen, and only one vote was taken, with the Dems voting not to certify. The Democrats on the State Board of Elecctions claimed that the state GOP had no legal right to appoint Keyes to the ballot. Still working on this. Stay tuned.

EXTRA! BOARD OF ELECTIONS WON'T CERTIFY KEYES CANDIDACY The Illinois State Board of Elections won't certify US Senate candidate Alan Keyes' candidacy. There's a lot more to this story, so come back later.