Judge rejects West’s bid to be placed on Wisconsin presidential ballot
Sunday, Sep 13, 2020
A Brown County judge late Friday rejected Kanye West’s bid to be added to Wisconsin’s presidential ballot, ruling his nomination papers were turned in after the 5 p.m. deadline on the day they were due. West’s campaign tried to argue the signatures were turned in at 14 seconds past 5 p.m. and the state’s deadline of “not later than 5 p.m.” actually meant the cutoff was when the clock struck 5:01 p.m. But Brown County Judge John Zakowski rejected the argument, agreeing with the finding of the state Elections Commission that candidates need to plan ahead to ensure they arrive
