Kanye West Brings Legal Challenge to Ballot Ban in Ohio – By Charles Fain Lehman (Free Beacon) / Aug 26 2020
Rapper, fashion mogul, and independent contender in the 2020 presidential election Kanye West on Wednesday afternoon sued Ohio’s secretary of state for rejecting his application to be listed on the state’s ballot for the November election.
In a suit brought before the Ohio Supreme Court, West and running mate and pastor Michelle Tidball ask the court to compel the secretary of state’s office to accept their petitions, overturning its decision to deny them based on a claimed discrepancy in signatures on two official campaign filings.
The Ohio filing is just the latest blow in the rapper-turned-candidate’s struggle to appear on the ballot in November, when he is slated to be officially recognized in only a handful of states. Several more have, like Ohio, denied West ballot access.
A source with knowledge of the situation told the Washington Free Beacon that there are going to be “very aggressive legal efforts in Ohio and in states across the country to get Kanye on the ballot where he was qualified to do so. Attempts to keep Kanye off the ballot will be dealt with vigorously in court, without exception.”
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