Kanye West withdraws petition to get on NJ's 2020 ballot

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Kanye West withdraws petition to get on NJ’s 2020 ballot

By MIKE CATALINI
August 4, 2020

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Kanye West withdrew his petition to appear as a presidential candidate on New Jersey’s ballot, according to an email chain between a judge and what appears to be the rapper’s campaign email address.

In email correspondence obtained by The Associated Press, an unidentified person writing from a Kanye 2020 address tells Administrative Law Judge Gail Cookson that West is dropping his effort to appear on New Jersey’s ballot.

“At this time, Kanye 2020 has no further option than to regrettably withdraw from New Jersey and cease further efforts to place Mr. West’s name on the New Jersey ballot,” the Kanye 2020 email said late Monday.

Cookson replied Tuesday, accepting the withdrawal.

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Election law attorney Scott Salmon objected to West’s petition last month, arguing that it failed to pass legal muster because signatures were incomplete and in some cases appeared written in very similar handwriting.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/ecc1c97b3c69b786c061e8f7e1eadb71

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[empedocles]

1. Insane show

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. Bye

[gratuitous]

3. Maybe your next single can be called "Womp, womp"

I will require a co-writing credit, however.

[beachbumbob]

4. Submitting fake signatures can lead to investigation and charges