Leading American rapper, singer, producer and independent candidate for the upcoming US presidential election, Kanye West, 43, has been ruled out of the state race due to a 14-second delay in submitting his nomination papers. Kanye West surprised everyone by announcing his sudden run-off election on July 5 last month.
In the past, he was a supporter of Donald Trump, but this time he decided to end his support and take the field himself. Kanye West first received nomination forms from the state of Oklahoma on July 16 last month.A few days later, he began his campaign on July 20 in Charleston, South Carolina.
Prior to Utah, Kanye West also received nomination forms from Oklahoma, Arkansas and Colorado, and it was thought that he would be able to obtain nomination forms from a few more states.
However, a petition filed by a group of voters at the State Election Commission earlier this month alleged that Kanye West's campaign workers had 2,000 voters in Wisconsin on August 4, the last day for the independent presidential nomination. Did not meet the 5 pm deadline to submit the required 2,000 signatures.
According to the AP, during the hearing in the commission, Kanye West's campaign attorney Michael Kran had said that the campaign workers had not entered the commission building after 14 seconds after 5 pm but the staff had handed over their papers. Had accepted
On the other hand, Cody Davies, a member of the Election Commission staff, told the panel that the building was locked due to the global corona virus outbreak, but he was waiting in the lobby for those who submitted papers until 5 p.m.
He said Kanye West's representatives called him at 4:57 a.m. and told him he was 5 minutes away and that the American singer's representative had arrived 14 seconds after 5 p.m. and visited the commission's offices. I left them to the elevator to get to.Cody Davies reported that a group of Kanye West representatives was in the elevator for 50 seconds after 5 p.m.Another member of the commission, Riley Willman, said he was present to accept the nomination papers.
He said that Kanye West's representatives had placed him on the counter after 5 minutes and one minute but they had to organize and even after 5 minutes several minutes they had not picked up the papers.
After the commission disqualified Kanye West and his partner Michelle Todd Ball by 1-5 votes, Spindle was the only commissioner to allow the American singer to run.
Commissioner Robert Spindle, a Republican who asked the panel to give him the benefit of the doubt, said the global epidemic had made life difficult and that if the building's doors had been left open, they might have arrived on time.
He also said that Democrats want to unfairly keep black candidates out of the race and that the commission should give black voters a chance.
Robert Spindell had said that we are talking about the issue of seconds but other members of the commission said that according to the common sense, 5 pm means 5 pm and not 5:14 pm.
However, Kanye can go to court against the decision of the West Election Commission.
It should be noted that the election for the 46th President of the United States will be held on November 3 this year.
The race for the new president, however, will be between Donald Trump of the Republican Party and Joe Biden of the Democratic Party.
However, apart from the two candidates and Kanye West, independent candidates including candidates from other smaller political parties will also contest.
All the presidential candidates have started their election campaigns and are addressing rallies and conferences in various cities.
