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Kanye West left off Wisconsin presidential ballot
Kanye West will not be on the ballot in Wisconsin for November’s U.S. presidential election, state officials have decided.West announced his presidential bid last month, on a ticket he calls the Birthday Party and has been gathering signatures to get on the ballot in states where the nomination process was still open, including Wisconsin.However, at a hearing on Thursday, Wisconsin election officials decided the rapper did not receive the 2,000 valid signatures required by the deadline at 5 pm on 5 August.The 5-1 vote from a panel of three Republicans and three Democrats rejected the argument by West’s attorney, Michael Curran, that the campaign had until 5:01 p.m.