The New York Post reports:
Yeezy come, Yeezy go. Kanye West won’t be appearing on the presidential ballot for his home state after election officials in Illinois found that 1,900 of the 3,128 signatures West submitted are invalid.
That leaves the rapper short of the 2,500 needed to be included on the state’s Presidential ballot. While no reason was given, issues could be fake names or undresses, voters who were not eligible in Illinois, illegible signatures or something else entirely.
The signatures were brought to the attention of the Illinois State Board of Elections after people filed objections citing dodgy signatures. Meanwhile Wisconsin is looking into West’s presidential bid after Democratic party members found signatures for “Mickey Mouse” and Bernie Sanders on that state’s ballot.
Kanye West will be unable to play spoiler in his home state of Illinois after election officials rejected his ballot application. The reason? At least half of the signatures were found to be invalid. https://t.co/K3BPhgPhCM
— Consequence of Sound (@consequence) August 8, 2020
Kanye West has been booted off from Illinois ballot after having 1,900 INVALID signatures. There’s your voter fraud, beginning stages.https://t.co/XnNLb2JNUR
— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) August 8, 2020