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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,837 posts)
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 01:44 AM Aug 2020

KANYE WEST GETTING BOOTED OFF ILLINOIS BALLOT ... 1,900 Signatures Tossed!!!

Kanye West's Presidential run just got a death blow, at least in Illinois, where election officials say more than half his submitted signatures are invalid ... and that means he's off the ballot.

TMZ broke the story ... multiple people stepped up to object after Kanye submitted his petition to get on the ballot in his home state. That triggered a review -- from the State Board of Elections -- of all the 3,128 signatures on his documents.

The tally is in, and 1,928 were ruled invalid ... which leaves Ye way more than a thousand short of the 2,500 needed to be a Presidential candidate on the state's ballots. What we don't know is what was wrong with the bad ones.

It could be any number of issues -- fake names, fake addresses, unregistered voters in Illinois -- or even simply an illegible signature.

Bottom line is Illinois will be officially removing him on August 21, or he still has the option to gracefully announce he's withdrawing.

https://www.tmz.com/2020/08/07/kanye-west-off-illinois-ballot-presidential-campaign-signatures-invalid/

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KANYE WEST GETTING BOOTED OFF ILLINOIS BALLOT ... 1,900 Signatures Tossed!!! (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2020 OP
That's all we need.... Another president who can't do math. Nevilledog Aug 2020 #1
Seems like in Wisconsin as well angrychair Aug 2020 #2
I'll bet Mickey Mouse will be upset to hear that... catbyte Aug 2020 #3
And the republicans... SergeStorms Aug 2020 #4
i CAN NOT IMAGINE his presidency.. it would be a disaster yuiyoshida Aug 2020 #5
Just another distraction. NanceGreggs Aug 2020 #6
Maddow said last night that Trump is backing Kanye and helping him to get onto ballots. katmondoo Aug 2020 #7
This is how the GOP operates. Even the most naked attempts JDC Aug 2020 #8

SergeStorms

(19,190 posts)
4. And the republicans...
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 04:14 AM
Aug 2020

who collected these "signatures" to get West on the ballot actually thought this was going to pass close scrutiny?

Wisconsin was one state they were really shooting for because they think it's in play for them. Dipshits!

yuiyoshida

(41,829 posts)
5. i CAN NOT IMAGINE his presidency.. it would be a disaster
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 04:41 AM
Aug 2020

but hey... WE'RE IN A DISASTER now... all because Trump became President. West won't win, but it worrying me that people may not vote for Biden, and that could put the Orange Ass back into a position of power...one he should not have...his mind is gone now... what will it be in four more years???

Besides if TRUMP is re Elected...than its more than likely this PANDEMIC will probably wipe out most of the United States...after 4 more years of Trump... this country will break apart... we may end up looking like the former Soviet Union..in pieces...

NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
6. Just another distraction.
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 06:22 AM
Aug 2020

No doubt the Mensa rejects in the GOP thought that Kanye's "presidential campaign" would (a) cause panic in the Democratic party, and (b) draw the media's attention away from mounting Covid deaths and a pandemic that is clearly out of control in the US.

Neither ploy worked. The Democrats don't take Kanye as a serious threat, and the MSM has all but ignored his efforts.

katmondoo

(6,454 posts)
7. Maddow said last night that Trump is backing Kanye and helping him to get onto ballots.
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 06:53 AM
Aug 2020

Trump thinks it will help him and take votes away from Biden.

JDC

(10,121 posts)
8. This is how the GOP operates. Even the most naked attempts
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 09:48 AM
Aug 2020

at subversion are inept.

If I never heard the name Kanye again it would be too soon. What the F is going on in this country.

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