Kanye West is Petitioning in Additional States

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Richard Winger

This story says Kanye West is petitioning to get on the ballot in West Virginia, Ohio, and Arkansas.

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Kanye West is Petitioning in Additional States — 10 Comments

Jeff Becker on August 2, 2020 at 12:47 pm said:

First I’ve heard about West Virginia. Tomorrow is the deadline. Dang, I would have loved to earn some coin helping him. It’s a 6-hour drive from my end of the state to the SOS office in Charleston where the deadline is 5:00.
Longtime Reader on August 2, 2020 at 8:24 pm said:

Did he file in Vermont, since a petition is no longer needed there?
Kreskin D'Nostradamus on August 3, 2020 at 12:40 am said:

Thinking he’ll fail in all of them. That seems to be the pattern so far.
Kayne East on August 3, 2020 at 12:41 am said:

So far 0-? in petitions, on only in filing fee OK.
Am I forgetting any?
Jeff Becker on August 3, 2020 at 5:45 pm said:

Deadline is midnight tonight in West Virginia. It has been extended from the normal 5pm deadline when the SOS office closes. So, as of this writhing, he still has three hours left to git ‘er done.
Andy on August 3, 2020 at 10:46 pm said:

I have never heard of an election office staying opened until midnight for petition submissions. The closest I have heard of this is in Missouri the election department opened on a weekend for an initiative petition to be submitted, as the legal circulation period fell on a weekend day.
Tryna Keep Track on August 5, 2020 at 2:42 pm said:

David Valente LPWV chair to LNC:
There are reports Kanye turned in 15k sigs in WV, he needed 7300. However it seems suspect as this appears to have been accomplished in less that 2 weeks and no one has seen his petition gatherers except on Monday in Charleston. I am thinking all 15k were just Kanye West’s name over & over again.

LNC chair Joe Bishop-Henchman replied

His petition in NJ submitted 1300 signatures (800 required) but after someone challenged it, he withdrew it rather than defend it.

The AP explains: “The New Jersey petition showed a number of signatures looked nearly identical, including lower-case i’s dotted with a small circle. Some signatures lacked complete addresses.”

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/04/kanye-west-withdraws-petition-get-njs-2020-ballot/3289922001/
Tryna Keep Track on August 5, 2020 at 2:43 pm said:

Has his petition been accepted in any state yet? I know Oklahoma accepted his check, but so far all the petitions have failed, as far as I know.
Hold me closer Tony Danza on August 5, 2020 at 2:47 pm said:

Vermont
Tryna Keep Track on August 5, 2020 at 2:54 pm said:

Vermont has no petition this year. If his paperwork was accepted there it doesn’t fit the criteria of the question. Nevertheless I appreciate the information if it is accurate. Are you sure the paperwork has been fully accepted and can’t be challenged at this point?