{"id":1047224,"date":"2026-06-24T14:21:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1047224\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T14:21:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:21:22","slug":"laurel-county-clerk-confirms-london-mayors-name-will-not-appear-on-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1047224\/","title":{"rendered":"Laurel County clerk confirms London mayor\u2019s name will not appear on ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LONDON, Ky. (WKYT) &#8211; After a judge ruled that London Mayor Randall Weddle is not eligible to run for reelection, the Laurel County Clerk has confirmed that his name will not be on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkyt.com\/2026\/06\/24\/judge-rules-london-mayor-not-legal-candidate-reelection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wkyt.com\/2026\/06\/24\/judge-rules-london-mayor-not-legal-candidate-reelection\/\">On Tuesday, a Laurel County Circuit Judge Michael Caperton ruled London Mayor Randall Weddle does not meet the one-year city residency requirement to run for mayor in November.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In a letter on Wednesday, Laurel County Clerk Tony Brown approved an emergency motion to remove Weddle\u2019s name from the ballot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">As a result, Matt Orr will be the only London mayor candidate listed on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Laurel County Clerk order removing Randall Weddle's name from the ballot.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BBR37CZZKBG4RBDFFGZBK25XXM.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"1267\" \/>Laurel County Clerk order removing Randall Weddle&#8217;s name from the ballot.(WKYT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Weddle\u2019s attorney told WKYT on Tuesday that they will not appeal the judge\u2019s ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WKYT. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONDON, Ky. (WKYT) &#8211; After a judge ruled that London Mayor Randall Weddle is not eligible to run&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1047225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[287934,748,287935,393,4884,40172,257,16131,25499,40174,16,15],"class_list":["post-1047224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-ballot","tag-britain","tag-clerk","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-laurel-county","tag-london","tag-mayor","tag-name","tag-randall-weddle","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116805534164019027","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1047224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1047225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1047224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1047224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1047224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}