On September 2, Kanye West submitted 57,892 signatures to be on the Arizona ballot as an independent presidential candidate. The requirement is 37,769. The deadline is September 4, so for this petition, he did not wait until the last day to file. See this story.
The story says the requirement is 39,039. That is an error. The requirement is 3% of the number of registered voters as of March 1, 2020. The author of the story seems to think it is 3% of the current number.
This Arizona Daily Star story describes methods used by professional petitioners to persuade signers to sign the Kanye West independent presidential petition. The story has witnesses who say many petitioners lie to prospective signers about what the petition is for.
On August 31, Kanye West filed this brief in the Ohio Supreme Court, in his ballot access case. State ex rel West v La Rose, 2020-1044.
On August 31, the Montana Green Party nominees for congress and state office filed this reply brief in the Ninth Circuit, in Davis v Montana Democratic Party, 20-35734. It is only 18 pages and is a good read.
The American Shopping Party is ballot-qualified in Hawaii. It has until September 4 to decide whether to nominate anyone for president. Its officers are considering nominating Rocky De La Fuente for president and Kanye West for vice-president, the same ticket that the American Independent Party of California is running.
