[direwolf]

Originally Posted by Thor

I can't seem to find it, but a lawyer involved in the Trump campaign for President was the person who got Kanye on the ballot in one state, a swing state thats in play.

Does anyone have info on that news story, I can't seem to find it. But if true, the Trump campaign actively putting Kanye into play in states where he could take black votes from Biden to help Trump win is shady AF.

He's already being kicked off the ballot in Illinois because apparently 60% of the signatures he collected are invalid.



https://www.chicagotribune.com/polit...nue-story.html

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.

He's also very likely to be kicked off the Wisconsin ballot as well. I assume the other states will follow suit. What a f'n joke. Hard to believe we're even talking about this, but here we are. GOP gonna GOP.



https://www.wpr.org/challenges-argue...dential-ballot

Lane Ruhland, an attorney for Trump's presidential campaign, hand-delivered West's petitions Tuesday shortly after the 5:00 p.m. filing deadline according to WISN-TV. Both complaints filed Friday argue that alone is enough to qualify the petitions.


One of the complaints, which was filed by Milwaukee resident Joseph Santeler, contends West also listed a home address in Wyoming where he does not live, which Santeler argued was also disqualifying.

The second complaint, filed by Milwaukee residents William Brent, Keith Smith and Lauren Steven, as well as Oshkosh resident Richard Hughes, contends West's circulators lied to some voters in order to get them to sign the petitions.


It also argues several signatures are illegible and some are fraudulent. For example, the petitions included the names "Mickey Mouse" and "Bernie Sanders," not to mention two instances of "Kanye West."


Both complaints also argue that the people circulating Wests signatures failed to list their full or home addresses in many instances, which is required by law. That would be enough to strike 1,517 signatures according to the second complaint.