Kanye West unlikely to appear on Illinois presidential ballot after paperwork review

[riversedge]

Source: chicago trib




Aug 07, 2020 at 7:13 PM


A preliminary check of Kanye West’s paperwork to get on the Illinois presidential ballot indicates the rap artist may fall far short of the required number of signatures to appear before home-state voters on Nov. 3.

To make the ballot, West had to file 2,500 valid signatures from Illinois voters. He submitted 3,218 signatures, but a state elections board review Friday found that 60% of them, or 1,928, were invalid.


West’s lawyers can try to restore the disputed signatures by providing evidence and arguments. That’s likely to be a difficult task, however.

The Chicago-raised rapper and businessman’s late bid for the White House is viewed as an attempt to take Black votes away from Democratic candidate Joe Biden. Forbes reported that West acknowledged as much in an interview published Thursday.
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Friday’s preliminary findings go to a hearing examiner, who is assigned to make a recommendation on whether West should stay on the ballot. That recommendation is expected in about 10 days. Then, the Illinois State Board of Elections votes on the recommendation, potentially at its Aug. 21 meeting.
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Read more: https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-kanye-west-illinois-president-ballot-signatures-20200808-ypem2jwexfft7faptlkhnkynue-story.html

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I am hoping that the same happens in Wisconsin!





Kanye West Getting Booted Off Illinois Ballot ... 1,900 Signatures Tossed!!!

https://www.tmz.com/2020/08/07/kanye-west-off-illinois-ballot-presidential-campaign-signatures-invalid/

8/7/2020 5:15 PM PT


Kanye West's Presidential run just got a death blow, at least in Illinois, where election officials say more than half his submitted signatures are invalid ... and that means he's off the ballot.

TMZ broke the story ... multiple people stepped up to object after Kanye submitted his petition to get on the ballot in his home state. That triggered a review -- from the State Board of Elections -- of all the 3,128 signatures on his documents.

The tally is in, and 1,928 were ruled invalid ... which leaves Ye way more than a thousand short of the 2,500 needed to be a Presidential candidate on the state's ballots. What we don't know is what was wrong with the bad ones.

It could be any number of issues -- fake names, fake addresses, unregistered voters in Illinois -- or even simply an illegible signature.
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[JoeOtterbein]

1. I hope he gets...

...help.

[Linda Ed]

6. You would think

since he is a billionaire he would spend some of his money to get help with his Mental State!

[Thekaspervote]

2. Multiple forgeries on the petitions...

He’s also failed to get on in WI, and NJ

[herding cats]

3. Ugh. He's a hot mess.

As a person who deals with a bipolar family member who won't take meds at times, I feel some empathy here. This is a type of health issue which deeply impacts the entire family, so I refuse to be blasé about it. It's hard, and painful.

The GOP exploiting his illness is truly disgusting. It infuriates me beyond many other levels of horror they've stooped to.

Also, even when he's stable he's not a nice person, so there's that, too.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

4. Illinois didn't worry me, even if he's from there.

I'm more concerned about the purple states.

And he won't be on the ballots in Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin or Texas!

He'll be on the Colorado ballot, but that's probably safe for Biden.

It's looking to me like he might only affect Ohio, and it's not yet official that he'll be on the ballot here either. (Although he's got more than enough signatures, supposedly.)

Ohio probably won't be necessary. I'd personally be very disappointed if Trump wins Ohio again, however.

[Cha]

12. Exactly.

[Linda Ed]

5. If the affidavits are true ... crimes were committed by the West campaign

Cheryl Pernell of Milwaukee County said she was asked to sign the document outside a Walmart. The circulator told her that her signature was needed to make sure she was registered to vote. She learned only later that she had put her name on West's nomination papers.

"If I had known that, I wouldn't have signed the papers, absolutely not," Pernell said in her affidavit. "Kanye West would not get my vote and I think it is a joke that he is running for president."

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/07/group-accuses-lawyer-working-trump-and-west-campaigns-simultaneously/3318242001/

Turns out Wisconsin wasn’t the only state where Kanye West has been collecting laughably fake signatures. TMZ is reporting tonight that Kanye just got thrown off the ballot in Illinois because more than half the signatures he collected were determined to be fake.

[Cha]

13. Wow.. those Cheating *******! TY for that, LE

[LiberalFighter]

7. They had Kanye as a resident of Wyoming?

That should invalidate the whole petition.

[Progressive Jones]

8. He probably spelled Chicago with an S on the paperwork. nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. Boohoo

[davsand]

10. Illinois sees signature challenges as a sort of ritual or even a sport.

Third party candidates are seriously behind the 8 ball from the very start. BOTH parties go after them, and they are absolutely ruthless in their attacks on petitions. Can't say I'm at all surprised Kanye's crew of political newbies got chewed up.





Laura

[Calista241]

11. Nobody gives a shit about Kanye on the Illinois ballot.

Biden is going to crush Illinois. I'm worried about Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida and Virginia.

[mahina]

14. They're just looking for every single angle to slice off a quarter point or two

God willing they fail