“The state Democratic Party filed a complaint Friday asking state officials to block rapper Kanye West from appearing on the presidential ballot in Wisconsin this November, saying his campaign was tardy submitting its signatures” reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
“The challenge also suggests there are numerous problems with West’s nomination papers, including incorrect addresses for circulators and bogus signatures, such as ‘Mickey Mouse’ and ‘Bernie Sanders.’ It also included affidavits from six individuals who said they were duped into putting their names on West’s paperwork. ‘If the affidavits are true … crimes were committed by the West campaign,’ said attorney Michael Maistelman, who gathered the affidavits for the state Democratic Party. A message sent to the email account listed on West’s Federal Election Commission filing bounced back as undeliverable. The complaint will be reviewed by Elections Commission staffers, who will make a recommendation on West’s nomination papers to the bipartisan board. The panel is made up of three Democrats and three Republicans. To make it onto the ballot, West needs to submit at least 2,000 valid signatures. His campaign turned in more than 2,400 to state regulators.”