Kanye West won’t be on the presidential ballot in his home state of Illinois. The Illinois State Board of Elections unanimously voted to exclude Yeezy from the ballot on Friday (August 21), citing his failure to provide enough valid signatures to qualify as an independent candidate.
West needed 2,500 legitimate signatures from registered voters to be on the ballot in Illinois. According to the Board of Elections spokesman Matt Dietrich, the G.O.O.D. Music founder only had 1,200.
Yeezy and his team reportedly spent $30,000 on their efforts to get him on the Illinois presidential ballot. After submitting his petition in July, the validity of his signatures was questioned in multiple objections to the Board of Elections.
In addition to his home state, West was also rejected from the presidential ballots in Ohio and West Virginia on Friday. Ohio’s Secretary of State Frank LaRose cited discrepancies in the paperwork submitted by West as the reason for his exclusion.
“A signature is the most basic form of authentication and an important, time-honored, security measure to ensure that a candidate aspires to be on the ballot and that a voter is being asked to sign a legitimate petition,” LaRose said in a press release. “There is no doubt that the West nominating petition and declaration of candidacy failed to meet the necessary threshold for certification.”
Kanye West Kicked Off Ballot In Crucial Swing State
Despite being denied by West Virginia, ‘Ye claimed it was one of 10 states where he secured a spot on the ballot. But West Virginia’s Secretary of State’s Office declared 7,482 of the 13,865 signatures submitted by Yeezy were invalid. He was 761 signatures shy of legitimately qualifying for the ballot.
Earlier this week, West was unable to get on the ballots in Montana and Wisconsin. He previously missed deadlines or failed to qualify in Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas.
Although West says he’s a real voting option in 10 states, he’s still waiting for some of the petitions to be approved. Minnesota, Tennessee and Virginia are among the places he’s submitted petitions, but all three haven’t confirmed he’ll appear on the actual ballots.
View West’s tweet about his presidential campaign below.
CHICAGO LEGEND!!! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!! YE KARDASHIAN IS NOT A LEGEND…. HE’S A UNCLE TOM, LMFAO!!!!!!!!
And what are you ,? A legendary internet troll
Who TF are you?….Steve Harvey? maybe… he’s another Uncle Tom sellout… doesn’t matter…Ye is still republiklan pawn b*tch.
I get what you mean but there’s a misconception attached to the meaning and the person Uncle Tom! Uncle Tom actually helped his people and you can fact check me if you want as it’s actually a very interesting and solid story. The name people should be using is SAMBO! Now sambo sold his people out like a true Kanye Kardashian! Kanye Sambo Kardashian aka Samye aka Samyeezy aka Samyezus
is that kendell jenner still going out with asap rocky?
You guys really like Kanye west on here huh??? The bias is undeniable up in here lol
Kanye need to come out the closet
You could be right there? Whatever it is that’s eating him up? He needs help with his mental health pronto
This site loves Kanye!
Honestly, everybody on the planet could be a Chicago legend. Nothing but retards, gangsters and kid rappers on dope who’s career is fizzled out by the time they turn 17 ever came out of Chicago.
Mark my words, Kanye will win every single state that he’s on the ballot for. Fuck Illinois, Pritzker is morbidly obese.
GTFOH TRUMP’S PERSONAL TAP DANCING HOUSE NEGRO! NO SHAME AT ALL! ANYONE WITH TWO MILLIMETRES OF FUNCTIONING BRAIN MATTER CAN SEE WHAT YOU’RE PATHETIC LITTLE GAME IS! STOP SEEKING VOTES TO KEEP YOUR MASTA IN AND STOP SEEKING ATTENTION AND GO AND SEEK THE HELP YOU NEED MENTALLY
Man fuk this sellout. “George Bush doesn’t care about black people”? Kanye West hates all minorities runnin with Trump. RIP the old Ye; that old music is all trash now.
Take ya fxckin meds maybe you’d stop walkin into them poles and sh!t ‘legend’
This man doesnt know a thing about politics, I love his music but he’s not qualified to be president. Last thing the world needs is another celebrity with no political knowledge or experience in office like Donald Trump
They are going to do everything in their power to stop him from becoming president. Just keep in mind your current president didn’t have these issues and he was the worst candidate.
He’s only doing this nonsense to serve “massa trump” anyway.
Chicago legend??? You mean Michael Jordan, right
Ye is an infamous clown and psycho who is too narcissistic to get help