The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that West's campaign filed the lawsuit in Brown County Circuit Court. The state Elections Commission decided last week that West missed the 5 p.m.
deadline for filing his nomination signatures by anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes on Aug. 4. The lawsuit argues that the deadline did not expire until 5:01 p.m.
and regardless of the timing, commission staffers still accepted the papers. The lawsuit went to allege that commission staff should have unlocked the building's doors at 4:30 to accommodate late-arriving filers.
The commission's building has been locked since the coronavirus pandemic took hold; West's campaign workers had to call the commission shortly before 5 p.m.
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