Ohio Rejects Kanye West Petition Because Declaration of Candidacy Original Didn’t Match Declaration of Candidacy Used on Petition Forms

The Ohio Secretary of State has rejected the independent presidential petition of Kanye West, even though it had over 14,000 signatures and only 5,000 were required. The Secretary of State says the original declaration of candidacy doesn’t match the copy of the declaration of candidacy used on each petition sheet. Thus, the Secretary of State didn’t even bother to check the validity of the petition signatures.


Comments

Ohio Rejects Kanye West Petition Because Declaration of Candidacy Original Didn’t Match Declaration of Candidacy Used on Petition Forms — 12 Comments

  1. You should have an edit button Richard so we can go back to correct our mistakes. With regarding to Kanye West, l hope he appeals the ruling.

  2. The duopoly has become totally paranoid about third party and independent candidates

  3. Happened to be speaking with West Virginia elections office today on another matter and asked about Kanye’s petitions. They said only one county left to report the numbers but that he is way short. Put another checkmark in the abject failure column.

  4. The American Solidarity Party’s Tennessee petition failed for a somewhat similar reason; a package with an original signature was lost in the mail.
    It’s important to publicize these unfair practices.

    Will Kanye be a write-in for Ohio? The deadline for that is the same time I think.

  5. As in Wisconsin, this is the state commission informing West that his “campaign’s” fraud has been caught and that they’ll give him a chance to leave quietly.

  6. Politics1.com beat you to it, Richard: “Kanye West was disqualified from the West Virginia ballot. He fell roughly 800 short of the required 7,144 valid petition signatures.”

  7. Howie Hawkins, however, did make the ballot in Ohio as an independent candidate.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.