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Related: About this forumKanye West fails to make presidential ballot in Florida amid reports he's ending his brief political
Kanye West fails to make presidential ballot in Florida amid reports hes ending his brief political campaignGAINESVILLE, Fla. News flash, shorty, we over.
Its official: Kanye West, entertainer and founder of fashion brand Yeezy, will not appear among candidates on the presidential ballot in November in Florida, one of the nations most populous states and a campaign prize for its 29 electoral votes.
West, 43, failed to submit the required 132,781 signatures from supporters by noon Wednesday to qualify him as a non-affiliated candidate for the ballot in Florida, according to records from the states Division of Elections. West also had missed similar deadlines in six other states.
In other words, we over, a line from his 2008 collaboration with John Legend.
West had announced his plans on Twitter 11 days earlier to run for the presidency, a delayed entry into politics so late in the 2020 election cycle that few people took him seriously even as his friend and technology entrepreneur Elon Musk had openly expressed his support.
Read more: https://www.gainesville.com/article/LK/20200715/NEWS/200718809/GS
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Kanye West fails to make presidential ballot in Florida amid reports he's ending his brief political (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Jul 2020
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calguy
(5,715 posts)1. Dang!
He was really counting on those Florida electoral votes.
Squinch
(52,249 posts)2. He's just creepy.
Laffy Kat
(16,500 posts)3. When you're rich as god and bipolar these things happen. nt
Salviati
(6,034 posts)4. A pox on him and his enablers
I have sympathy for those who struggle with mental disorders who do not have the resources to get help, but for this fool and his enablers, none.
BigmanPigman
(52,133 posts)5. I thought he already said he wasn't running.
Dude, get back on your meds. Doesn't he have anyone around him who can help him? Do they all just kiss his ass?
no_hypocrisy
(48,343 posts)6. Kanye also realized that Russia would never install him in the WH.