Posted on 09/03/2020 4:07:51 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
A Richmond judge ruled Thursday that state elections officials should bar rapper and entrepreneur Kanye West from Virginia’s presidential ballot.
Circuit Court Judge Joi Taylor found that 11 of the elector oaths West submitted “were obtained by improper, fraudulent or misleading means” or are otherwise invalid because of notary violations and misconduct.
The judge ordered state elections officials to prohibit anyone from printing West's name on state ballots for the Nov. 3 election, finding that the notice of qualification the Department of Elections issued for West on Aug. 28 "is contrary to Virginia law, and is therefore, invalid."
In localities where ballots already have been printed, the judge directed state elections officials "to provide notice to voters of Kanye West's disqualification."
West, a former backer of President Donald Trump, has denied that he was a GOP plant meant to divert votes from Joe Biden. West, an independent candidate running on the "Birthday Party" ticket, has made the ballot in several states, but elections officials in the key swing states of Wisconsin and Ohio have barred him from the ballot due to missed deadlines and paperwork problems.
The Richmond judge held an expedited hearing Thursday afternoon due to the Sept. 19 deadline for localities to mail absentee ballots.
Democratic lawyers filed suit against Virginia elections officials this week on behalf of two registered voters from Suffolk, Matthan Wilson and Bryan Wright. The plaintiffs say they were led to sign up as electors for West under false pretenses and that they do not plan to vote for West or support his candidacy. A presidential candidate must have pledged electors who would cast electoral votes on his or her behalf.
Justin Sheldon, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said in court Thursday that “to allow him to get on the ballot by fraud would create a blueprint for others to use.”
Christopher K. Kowalczuk, a lawyer for West's campaign, asked the judge to delay the proceedings for a few days in order to give the campaign more time to respond and to permit West to appear in court in person if he chose.
The lawyer also suggested that removing an African American candidate from the presidential ballot would not be the right look in a year that has spotlighted “disparate treatment of a segment of our society.”
Heather Hays Lockerman, Virginia’s senior assistant attorney general, asked the judge to rule on Thursday because local elections officials face a time crunch and an unprecedented demand for absentee ballots amid COVID-19. She noted that as of this week, 656,000 Virginians already have requested absentee ballots.
Wilson, one of the plaintiffs, testified Thursday via Zoom. He said he was riding his bike on Aug. 11 when three people flagged him down and asked him to sign up to be in a pool of state electors.
Fake judge working for the RATs.
Removing Kanye...backfire...more Liberal Black Control Hatred.
Kanye suffers from orange man disease
“ The plaintiffs say they were led to sign up as electors for West under false pretenses and that they do not plan to vote for West or support his candidacy”
How do they know that?!
Democrats hate black people and see them only as pawns for their power
He recently spoke out against Planned Parenthood so he must be destroyed.
He just claims racial discrimination.and scores points without them being able to do a thing about it.
Manipulating the election doesn’t get any more blatant than removing candidates. And it’s ironic that the ineligible Kamala Harris is promoting this)
Write him in ...as long as they don’t vote for the ringpiece Biden.
Now they get concerned with fake registrations and such.
11 out of 5000 signatures. Obviously folks don’t support him s/. Obviously 11 accepted convincing afterward. Always get 20% more!!!
He knows now.
I guess this judge intends to insure a victory for Plugs in VA.
Obama methodology. Get opponents removed from pool.
Please don't encourage Virginians on a Conservative forum to write in anyone. We need every vote for the President we can get.
Thank you.
Spoil sports. Kanye knows how to have fun, but they don’t.
threaten people and get thrm to say what you want. in montana the dems did this to scare signatories of the green party
its weirder, these were people they signed up to be the electors. normally these are people who are tied to the campaign.
Kanye knows his history and with that and truth he will make a difference where others have failed. Kanye will not be stopped.
I hope he continues spreading the truth.
So they do not want people to be able to vote for a black man?
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