# Kanye West signals intent to run for presidency **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 5, 2020, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362 "2020-07-05T04:45:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362/221 "2020-08-25T22:05:45Z")
According to wikipedia: - Qualified for presidential ballot access (seven states): 49 electoral votes – Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Vermont[[108]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West_2020_presidential_campaign#cite_note-110)[[109]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West_2020_presidential_campaign#cite_note-111)[[110]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West_2020_presidential_campaign#cite_note-112) - Presidential ballot access pending verification (four states): 34 electoral votes – Minnesota, Tennessee, Virginia ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362/222 "2020-08-26T01:56:32Z")
He’s on the ballot in Minnesota. > **[Rapper West qualifies for presidential ballot in Minnesota](https://apnews.com/5a2289640e040ce9ee30173442e21e18)** > > MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Rapper Kanye West has qualified to appear on Minnesota's presidential ballot this November as an independent candidate, the state Secretary of State’s office said Tuesday... ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362/223 "2020-08-27T14:45:34Z")
He’s on the ballot in Tennessee. > **[Kanye West qualifies for Tennessee presidential ballot](https://apnews.com/e617bd9725900f916b0572b376173078)** > > NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rapper and producer Kanye West will be on Tennessee's presidential ballot in November, the state election’s office confirmed... ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362/224 "2020-08-29T00:18:20Z")
He’s suing to get on the ballot in Wisconsin. > **[Kanye West sues to get on Wisconsin presidential ballot](https://apnews.com/f098fa9ea6b10e0993a292c3eeabb5d2)** > > MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Rapper Kanye West filed a lawsuit Friday demanding election officials place him on Wisconsin’s presidential ballot in November. > The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported... ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362/225 "2020-08-29T00:32:46Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Has he gotten on the ballot anywhere but Oklahoma? This is a halfassed attempt, even with all the Repub help. They said that he would be on the ballot across a vast swathe of America, but instead it will only be half-vast. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362/226 "2020-08-29T03:14:19Z")
An interesting overview of his campaign to date, and where it might be headed: > **[Kanye West's strange presidential bid unravels thanks to a messy ballot...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/28/politics/kanye-west-2020-campaign/index.html)** > > Kanye West is on the ballot in Minnesota and Tennessee but just missed the filing deadline in Wisconsin. Missouri said his petition lacked more than 3,400 valid signatures, but he's gone to court in a last-ditch attempt to get on the ballot in the... ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362/227 "2020-08-29T03:21:42Z")
The irony is that Kanye might end up on the ballot in mostly republican states, potentially hurting Trump more than Biden. ---
**Author:** ![ricksummon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ricksummon/32/3333_2.png) [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362/228 "2020-08-29T03:30:38Z")
Is his campaign slogan “No one man should have all that power… except **me!** ” 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362/229 "2020-09-02T19:25:21Z")
Now folks are suing in Virginia to keep Kanye off the ballot: > **[Lawsuit filed to keep Kanye West off Virginia ballot](https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-va-state-wire-hip-hop-and-rap-us-news-music-eb521c10bb11360a0bafc1f6dd8428a8)** > > RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A law firm with ties to prominent Democrats has filed a lawsuit attempting to keep rapper Kanye West off presidential ballots in Virginia. > [@](#): > > Attorneys for Perkins Coie filed a lawsuit in Richmond on Tuesday on behalf of two people who say they were tricked into signing an “Elector Oath” backing West’s candidacy. Under state law, a candidate must have 13 electors pledge their support for a candidate as part of the criteria to appear on the ballot. > > The lawsuit alleges that 11 of West’s 13 electors may be invalid and asks the court to block West’s name from appearing on ballots, which are set to be printed soon. Virginia will begin mailing absentee ballots later this month. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362/230 "2020-09-02T22:20:06Z")
Arizona, too: > **[Lawsuit seeks to ban Kanye West from Arizona ballot](https://apnews.com/33d5123dcb00ace6963a38a31c5680ff)** > > PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona resident has asked a judge to bar Kanye West from appearing on the state's Nov... ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362/231 "2020-09-04T14:19:30Z")
The Arizona judge has said no to Mr. West: > **[Judge bars Kanye West from appearing on Arizona’s ballot](https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-entertainment-politics-az-state-wire-us-news-e1f03cdb7951a8e5a37052b99cd6c777)** > > A judge has barred Kanye West from appearing on the Nov. 3 ballot in Arizona, concluding that a voter who challenged his candidacy had shown he would probably prevail and had established the possibility of an irreparable harm if the rapper’s name... The article also details that a judge in Virginia said no: > [@](#): > > A judge in Virginia ordered West’s name removed from ballots in that state on Thursday, finding that the rapper failed to meet a requirement that 13 people pledge support for his campaign. The judge ruled 11 of the 13 “Elector Oaths” submitted by the West campaign were invalid, including some that were “obtained by improper, fraudulent and/or misleading means.” ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362/232 "2020-09-04T14:24:35Z")
So far West’s candidacy seems to be just as destructive to Trump as it would be to Biden. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362/233 "2020-09-04T15:53:02Z")
I’ve thought so too, **asahi**. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362/234 "2020-09-04T18:24:01Z")
A legal firm representing Kanye in his lawsuits to get on state ballots, is sending out lies in the form of absentee ballot applications to voters in swing states. The flyers lie negatively about Biden positions and positively about Individual 1 positions. [Pennsylvania: Political group tied to Kanye West campaign law firm sent misinformation on Biden with mail-in ballot applications to battleground state voters | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/04/politics/pennsylvania-minnesota-mailers-misinformation/index.html)? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362/235 "2020-09-05T00:43:55Z")
Kanye is appealing the Arizona ruling and has filed to be on the ballot in Kentucky. > **[Kanye West appeals ruling that bars him from Arizona ballot](https://apnews.com/af927a608313124a2e0a5acdff6d7d52)** > > PHOENIX (AP) — Kanye West asked the Arizona Supreme Court on Friday to reverse a ruling that bars him from appearing on the state’s Nov. 3 ballot as an independent presidential... > **[Kanye West files to run for president on Kentucky ballot](https://apnews.com/fff659675b3ac7e3cd535b75ae85f3fa)** > > FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Rapper and music producer Kanye West has filed to run for U.S. president on Kentucky's ballot this fall. A tweet from Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams showed a... ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362/236 "2020-09-08T18:12:18Z")
And now he’s on the ballot in Mississippi: > **[Kanye West makes presidential ballot in Mississippi](https://apnews.com/eb3aa032c1b990571634cd7d84f68b09)** > > JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Kanye West will appear as a presidential candidate on Mississippi's ballot in November, after being approved as a qualified candidate by the State Board of Election... ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362/237 "2020-09-08T23:25:08Z")
But he’s off the ballot in Arizona: > **[Arizona Supreme Court denies West's bid to appear on ballot](https://apnews.com/28d11590afa441ae8db08f5c6110ade6)** > > PHOENIX (AP) — 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... ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362/238 "2020-09-09T03:38:20Z")
Kanye walks on water. > **[Kanye West performs walking-on-water stunt during Sunday Service show](https://www.insider.com/video-kanye-west-walks-on-water-during-sunday-service-performance-2020-9)** > > Rapper is currently running for US president ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362/239 "2020-09-16T20:50:39Z")
Kanye’s mental health is suffering again. He just threw a Grammy award into the toilet and peed on it. > **[Kanye West Appears To Literally Pee On His Grammy After Throwing It In The...](https://hollywoodlife.com/2020/09/16/kanye-west-pees-grammy-awards-record-label-feud-video/)** > > Kanye West went on another tweet storm that included a graphic video of him and one of his Grammy awards amid his growing frustrations with the music industry. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362/240 "2020-09-16T21:53:02Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Kanye’s mental health is suffering again. He just threw a Grammy award into the toilet and peed on it. If someone (reliably) reported seeing Kanye do that, it would be a mental health issue. But if Kanye filmed himself doing it for the purpose of putting the video online, that is, arguably, an artistic statement. (I’m not fan of Kanye and do believe he has mental health issues. But this is on a par with Beyonce smashing cars with a baseball bat–a problem if she did it off-camera, but “art” since she did it for a music video.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362.md?page=13)