Kanye West Is Trying to Get on the Ballot in Wisconsin, a Crucial Swing State

[demmiblue]

Kanye West is pushing ahead with his presidential campaign and is now trying to get on the ballot in Wisconsin, a pivotal swing state which was decided by less than 23,000 votes in 2016.

The rapper has hired the petitioning firm Let The Voters Decide in a last minute effort to get the 1,000 valid signatures needed to get on the ballot in Wisconsin by Tuesday at 5 p.m. The firm has deployed 45 people in the state to help make it happen.

Wisconsin is just the latest state where West is trying to get on the ballot.
He is also mounting an effort in the swing state of Ohio as well as states like Arkansas and West Virginia in the coming days. The effort comes as over a dozen states have ballot deadlines in the next week, including Vermont and Colorado, where it is not necessary for candidates to petition their way onto the ballot.

West’s nascent third-party presidential campaign has hit a variety of road blocks in recent weeks after he declared his candidacy on Twitter and successfully paid a $35,000 filing fee to appear on the ballot in Oklahoma. Although the rapper’s presidential campaign filed the requisite number of signatures to appear on the ballot in Illinois, Missouri, and New Jersey, there’s a strong possibility that he may not appear on the ballot in any of those states.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/08/kanye-west-is-still-trying-to-get-on-the-ballot.html

I really hopes he gets the help he needs. Ugh.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Who will he actually take votes from?

Or would he bring out voters who otherwise wouldn't vote at all, in which case his candidacy is meaningless. Well, it already is meaningless since there's no way he can possibly win the election and become President.

The article is quite informative as to how completely ignorant he is of what he actually needs to do to get on the ballot in various states.

[Raster]

2. Kanye Kardashian's next CD: "The Faux Candidacy of Pablo"

Dude, your fifteen are up. Your "music" sucks. Your clothes suck. You suck.

[Initech]

4. No way in hell would I trust someone who charges $125 for a white t-shirt to run the country.

And do we really need another guy with an extremely fragile ego and a messianic complex to run America? Hell no!

[Raster]

9. No. We. Do. Not.

[Beaverhausen]

3. Can we make a rule to put Kanye posts in the lounge?

Thanks!

[OnDoutside]

5. Boycott the Kardashian's merchandise... money is what they understand.

[BannonsLiver]

6. He's a POS

Apparently Kim wants him to stop the presidential campaign.

[OnDoutside]

7. She needs to try harder.

[BannonsLiver]

8. Seems like they're on the fast track to a divorce

He belongs in a padded room.

[LonePirate]

10. He's not trying to get on the ballot. Republican operatives are trying to get him on the ballot.

They want West on the ballot in hope that black and youth voters - both heavily Dem leaning - will see West’s name and vote for him instead of Biden. This is blatant election rigging from Republicans.

[dragonlady]

11. He actually needs 2000 signatures, per Wisconsin law

And he will probably have many that will be disqualified for various reasons.

[maxrandb]

12. Turning our country into a fucking joke

Thanks Retrumplicans.

I'm not sure there's not going to be guillotines and gallows before this Retrumplican shitshow is over.

Seriously, at what point do they start trying to save themselves from the wrath that is coming?