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Kanye West is sued to keep him off Arizona's presidential ballot. But time's running out.
12 News
A lawsuit against the rapper says he can't run as an independent because he's a registered Republican.
PHOENIX — Rapper Kanye West is being sued to keep him off Arizona’s presidential ballot, but it might be too late to stop him.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in Maricopa County Superior Court, comes days before the Friday deadline for West to turn in at least 40,000 petition signatures to qualify for the November ballot.
Just four days after that deadline, on Tuesday, Sept. 8, county elections officers must send millions of ballots for the November election to the printer.
The four-day window - over a three-day weekend when the courts are closed - could allow West to get his name on ballots sent to voters, even if a court were to ultimately strike down his candidacy days or weeks later.
“Waiting is not an option,” attorneys for the plaintiff, Rasean Clayton, say in their lawsuit. The attorneys work for Phoenix-based Osborn Maledon.
“The ‘drop-dead' deadline for printing the ballot is imminent… If West is included on the ballot, the harm is done; including an unqualified candidate on the printed ballot will confuse voters and infringes on the core constitutional right to vote for qualified candidates.”
West hasn’t mounted a presidential campaign. Here in Arizona, his listed supporters are almost entirely registered Republicans.
But West’s name on the ballot could siphon 2 or 3 percent of the vote, a significant slice in a potentially close race between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in Maricopa County Superior Court, comes days before the Friday deadline for West to turn in at least 40,000 petition signatures to qualify for the November ballot.
Just four days after that deadline, on Tuesday, Sept. 8, county elections officers must send millions of ballots for the November election to the printer.
The four-day window - over a three-day weekend when the courts are closed - could allow West to get his name on ballots sent to voters, even if a court were to ultimately strike down his candidacy days or weeks later.
“Waiting is not an option,” attorneys for the plaintiff, Rasean Clayton, say in their lawsuit. The attorneys work for Phoenix-based Osborn Maledon.
“The ‘drop-dead' deadline for printing the ballot is imminent… If West is included on the ballot, the harm is done; including an unqualified candidate on the printed ballot will confuse voters and infringes on the core constitutional right to vote for qualified candidates.”
West hasn’t mounted a presidential campaign. Here in Arizona, his listed supporters are almost entirely registered Republicans.
But West’s name on the ballot could siphon 2 or 3 percent of the vote, a significant slice in a potentially close race between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden.
Read more: https://www.12news.com/article/news/politics/elections/kanye-west-is-sued-to-keep-him-off-arizonas-presidential-ballot-but-times-running-out/75-77c69927-1cc1-4f07-b245-55983c6faf17
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