Russian asset Cornel West’s fake campaign has been disqualified from the ballot in Michigan for failing to respond to a challenge to the authenticity of his access petition, USA Today reports.
In Arizona, Phoenix woman Denisha Mitchell tells the AP she was surprised to find out she was named as an electoral college elector for West and will be submitting an affidavit to the state Attorney General’s office attesting that the paperwork filed in her name was forged. The AP tried to contact one of the other West electors, a registered Republican, but didn’t get an answer.
They did however find that the woman, Elizabeth Rothgeb, did 12 years in after pleading guilty to manslaughter in 1998 after hacking her husband to death with an axe. They also traced the effort to get West on the ballot to a California Republican operative named Mark Jacoby who was convicted in 2009 of voter registration fraud, according to court records. Big fucking surprise there.
While this might seem separate and apart from a petition canvassing scam, it would have the same effect in Arizona: Third party candidates are required by state law to name their EC electors in order to qualify for the ballot. If a judge rules Mitchell’s paperwork was invalid then Cornel is screwed. As a bonus, the MAGA shitbags responsible for the forgery are liable for felony charges.