“First and foremost, West’s operatives bungled the timing. Current Trump attorney and former Wisconsin GOP counsel, Lane Ruhland, turned the nomination signatures in shortly after 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The deadline set by statute was 4:30 p.m. That may not seem like much, but Wisconsin courts have been clear that adherence to the statue requires ‘strict compliance.’ Any deviation automatically invalidates the entire submission” writes attorney Mario Nicolais.

“There is a very good chance that the Wisconsin Elections Commission doesn’t even address the rest of the complaint, choosing instead to declare the entire nomination void and the rest of the claims moot. After such a boneheaded mistake, West – or whatever Trump shell-game pawn paid Ruhland – may want to ask for a refund. Losing at that point may be a mercy for West’s team, though. The remaining claims raise serious issues of misrepresentation and deceit that may border on criminal activity. More than 1,500 signatures were gathered by circulators who lied to Wisconsin voters or included fake addresses. One circulator told a resident that the papers were ‘to support increasing minority representation’ rather than nominate West for the presidency. Another was informed the papers were to help make ‘sure people were registered to vote.’ A third, who does ‘not think Kanye West should run for President’ and ‘would never support or vote for him,’ was rushed to sign the papers and told they ‘related to voting.'”