Kanye West’s votes were given to Democratic Party candidate, Joe Biden in Detroit, Michigan, due to a rule quietly introduced by Democrat Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a report has claimed.
The rapper was a write-in candidate for the US presidential election in Michigan. A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person’s name on the ballot.
According to the report, Benson’s rule mandated that any “unapproved write-in” should have their votes cancelled.
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Simply put, if someone voted straight-ticket Democrat and wrote in Kanye, since he was an “unapproved write-in candidate” according to the Secretary of State, they were instructed to remove Kanye’s vote and give the vote to Biden.
Based on this rule, reports claimed, thousands of Kanye West’s votes were called for Biden.
Robin Mifsud, a witness quoted in the reports, said, “When the write-in is deleted and the mark is made for straight ticket, and the party is marked Democrat, all deleted write-in votes become Democrat votes. They were doing this all day.”
Mifsud added, “The Secretary of State took these people’s votes and changed it.”
Biden won the US presidential election with more than 77 million popular votes and 306 electoral votes, beating incumbent President Donald Trump who secured 72 million popular votes and 232 electoral votes.
However, the president has maintained that the election was “rigged” for Biden.
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