TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Aug 27, 2020

State election officials have confirmed that rapper and producer Kanye West will be appearing on the state's presidential ballot in November, the Associated Press reports. West’s presidential campaign submitted his petition last week and Secretary of State Tre Hargett this week confirmed that West had cleared the required 275 verified signatures needed to qualify as an independent candidate. The Daily Memphian reports that the signatures on West’s petition came from the Nashville and Clarksville areas and the Memphis, Cordova, Collierville and Arlington areas. West has also been successful in getting on the ballot in several other states, including Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Oklahoma and Utah.