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RandySF

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Tue Sep 8, 2020, 11:01 PM Sep 2020

Arizona Supreme Court denies West's bid to appear on ballot

The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Kanye West’s bid to appear on the state’s Nov. 3 ballot as an independent presidential candidate, just hours before eight of the state’s 15 counties faced a deadline for printing ballots.

The decision marked the end of the rapper’s attempt to run in Arizona. He had appealed a lower-court decision last week that barred him from the ballot.

The Supreme Court concluded West’s electors — who would have cast Electoral College votes if he had won the most votes of any candidate in Arizona— failed to file an election document stated their names and political parties. The justices said any nominating signatures collected before presidential electors filed their “statements of interest” are invalid.

West has qualified to appear on the ballot in several states, including Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Tennessee, Utah and Mississippi. He didn’t qualify in Ohio, Montana, West Virginia, Virginia, Wisconsin and other states.



https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2020/09/08/8-arizona-counties-face-ballot-deadlines-court-mulls-kanye-west-appeal/5752234002/

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Arizona Supreme Court denies West's bid to appear on ballot (Original Post) RandySF Sep 2020 OP
Too bad kanye.. takes the hot gas outta some of your Cha Sep 2020 #1
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