I'm an #ElectionLaw attorney, read the complaints on behalf of the @ProjectLincoln and here are my takeaways.
#Election2020
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... not only should Kanye be kept off the ballot, but law enforcement should investigate and prosecute several individuals involved in the effort.
... the fundamental assumption – that black voters will vote for a black man based solely on the color of his skin – is a profoundly racist position.
Current Trump attorney and former Wisconsin GOP counsel, Lane Ruhland, turned the nomination signatures in shortly after 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The deadline set by statute was 4:30 p.m.
There is a very good chance that the Wisconsin Elections Commission doesn’t even address the rest of the complaint, choosing instead to declare the entire nomination void and the rest of the claims moot.
Losing at that point may be a mercy for West’s team, though. The remaining claims raise serious issues of misrepresentation and deceit that may boarder on criminal activity.
One circulator told a resident that the papers were "to support increasing minority representation' rather than nominate West for the presidency.
Another was informed the papers were to help make “sure people were registered to vote.”
A third, who does “not think Kanye West should run for President” and “would never support or vote for him,” was rushed to sign the papers and told they “related to voting.”
That is all before the challenges got into ... the patently fake names including Kanye West himself, Bernie Sanders, and Mickey Mouse.
It does beg the question of whether reporting so much false information falls under the umbrella of “fake news”?
Wisconsin voters have been misled, lied to, and cheated. Thankfully, Kanye West likely will not be on their ballots in November. However, the man connected to his “campaign” through so many threads will be on the ballot.
Come Election Day, Wisconsin voters should remember and make sure to vote the real con man, Donald Trump, out of office.
Thanks to the helpful comments, I got it fixed in my blog/column.
On a positive note, typos on Twitter are way better than typos before the Supreme Court (been there).
First one:
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