Kanye Ballot Access: Yeezus or Bust?

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I was under the impression online signatures weren't valid unless the state in question changed it's rules.

I know Massachusetts passed a law to allow online signatures, but I can't find anything about South Carolina doing that.

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What the hell have I done?

I was under the impression online signatures weren't valid unless the state in question changed it's rules.

I know Massachusetts passed a law to allow online signatures, but I can't find anything about South Carolina doing that.

I was under that impression too. That being said SC's deadline has already passed and I'm sure more info than this form has would be required to sign otherwise. Perhaps its a petition to waive the deadline? I don't know. All I know is West seems to have at least somewhat competent staff hired so I cannot imagine they'd do this for no reason.

Deadline was extended to July 20

Oh wow! Excellent catch! Updated everything to acknowledge that.

10,000 signatures from registered voters in 9 locations is kind of a big ask. And I cant find anything saying South Carolina is accepting E-Signatures. I'm not going to say Kanye cant pull it off, but it seems like an uphill battle.

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On twitter, someone said that Kanye needs to get something like 30,000 signatures because the majority will get thrown out. It makes sense since South Carolina directly compares signatures to voter files.

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https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/1285243481670266881

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Didn't make his home state ballot:

https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/1285335073953394696?s=20

We're not sure yet.

Ben Jacob later tweeted that he did file at 4:56pm with 412 pages of signatures.

That doesnt mean he's on the ballot. Now the State Board has to go through each signature and determine if they're all legitimate.

I could see Kanye get on the Ballot in Illinois because it's his home state, and it has a really low signature requirement.

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I've read that most petition sheets have room for ten signatures. If Kanye turned in 412 signature sheets, he's handed in about 4000 signatures.

Usual rule of thumb seems to be that you should try and get three times the amount of signatures since the majority will get thrown out. I would not be shocked if Kanye isn't actually on the ballot.