The campaign to get Kanye West on the November election ballot has attained a cartoon-like quality:
West’s lawsuit on Friday requested that the local court rule that his nominating papers met the submission deadline to ensure that he appears on the swing state’s ballot in November after he narrowly appeared to miss the state’s filing deadline.
While the WEC voted to dismiss the rapper’s petition on the basis of its lateness, West’s attorneys contend in the complaint that Wisconsin’s deadline expires one minute after 5 p.m., making West’s submission which reportedly arrived seconds after 5 p.m. valid.
The news of West’s address on the lawsuit being tied to the RNC, is the latest evidence that the hiphop icon is being boosted by GOP strategists to drive votes away from the Democratic presidential ticket. [Talking Points Memo]
Extend the deadline for us by one minute. Because, what, they’re special? Amazing.
And I remain fascinated by the possibility that this maneuver will unwittingly serve as a repository for a protest vote for Republicans, and not the apparent goal of giving Democrats or members of the black community who may be uncomfortable with Biden, or have no faith that the Democrats will work to eliminate racism in America, an alternative voting option. This is illustrated by the last quoted paragraph, above.
West has made it on the ballot here in Minnesota. It would be the highlight of the year for a local poll to appear showing West outpolling Trump.
