Wisconsin Election Officials voted Thursday to keep American rapper Kanye West off the state’s presidential ballot in November.
In a vote of 5-1, the Wisconsin Elections Commission ruled Kanye had failed to file the necessary paperwork before the 5 p.m. August 4 deadline, which the campaign reportedly missed by 2 minutes.
Commissioner Julie Glancey said during the Thursday hearing: “When you’re late, you’re late, We’ve knocked people off the ballot for being one signature short. If we are holding their feet to the fire on the number of signatures, we need to hold their feet to the fire on the time they file.”
It was only one republican out of three Democrats and three republicans who voted in favor of Kanye.
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Mark Jefferson, the executive director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, criticized the Wisconsin Elections Commission in a statement.
He said: “Wisconsin Democrats successfully fought to deny ballot access to an African American because he was seconds late with his paperwork, but they want to override Wisconsin law by delaying the deadline to accept absentee ballots because six weeks of ballot harvesting may not be enough for them to win. Let that sink in.
“The left wants to clear any liberal competition for Democrats, while ensuring a Libertarian is on the ballot to siphon votes from Republicans. Democrats are only interested in voter enfranchisement if they believe they will benefit. If they don’t benefit, they don’t care.”