It looks like Kanye West really made a little effort to run for president, but it will reportedly not happen this year.
Intelligencer reports that, according to several campaign professionals, Kanye began the process of including his name on the ballots for Florida and other states as a third-party candidate, as opposed to Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
A source told the media outlet that Kanye’s team had contacted them to go to Florida to obtain the necessary signatures so that they could appear on the state ballot before the July 15 deadline. In order to qualify for the ballot, 132,781 Florida voters would have to sign the petition in less than a week.
On July 9, Intelligencer spoke to Steve Kramer, a “get the vote” specialist who runs a company that helps candidates vote, who said Kanye’s team had hired him to take the rapper to the ballots in Florida and South Carolina. He said Ye’s team was “working on [the] weekend there, formalizing the FEC and other things they have to do when you have a lot of corporate lawyers involved. “
Kramer said the team, made up of paid workers and volunteers, was still gathering signatures and that “we had overwhelming support to put it on the ballot.” He added: “Whether or not someone is going to vote for him depends on them.”
That same day, the outlet attempted to obtain a response from Kanye’s publicist regarding his steps to add to the ballot, but to no avail. Later Kramer said to Intelligencer, “He’s out.” When asked what happened, Kramer said, “I will tell you what I know once I cancel all our stuff. Today we had over 180 people out there. “
About an hour after the post spoke to Kramer, Kanye shared a video on Twitter of him registering to vote for the first time at the county clerk’s office in Cody, Wyoming, where his ranch is located. In the clip, the rapper says, “I want to show you how I just registered to vote.” There is also a text that says: “I thank God and I am very honored by the opportunity to serve. Vote. “West is then seen filling out a registration form and speaking to a local official about the criminals’ deprivation of rights.
Kramer also said his newly hired staff was sad that they were no longer employed and that they were looking forward to Kanye’s campaign.
