Kanye West Just Submitted Signatures to Get on the Wisconsin Ballot and a Trump Affiliated Operative Helped Him Do It

“No comment" as woman enters election commission building just after 5p in Madison to drop off signatures for Kanye West pic.twitter.com/zVxePn5Fe2
— Matt Smith (@mattsmith_news) August 4, 2020

.@RGreggKeller, a veteran Republican operative, was listed as the point of contact on Kanye West's submission to get on the ballot in Arkansas pic.twitter.com/4TNZhr6rfm
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) August 3, 2020

If people in Wisconsin want to vote for a man in poor mental health, that's their business. If the Trump campaign is behind the sham half- campaign of @kanyewest it's everybody's business. Having said that, like everything else Trump does this year, it will probably backfire.
— Steve Redmond (@sjredmond) August 5, 2020

Always pay attention to the story behind the story. Republican operatives are using Kanye West as part of the Trump re-election strategy. They don't care about him or his mental health. They care about diverting Black voters and creating a new Jill Stein. https://t.co/ogru275pTO
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) August 5, 2020

The GOP doesn't believe in democracy, they certainly don't care that @kanyewest's in the midst of mental hlth crisis & has no business "running" for POTUS." If it helps them further demoralize, disenfranchise or deprive ppl from voting it's fair game, regardless of who it hurts. https://t.co/o3Rh0SE7PR
— Michelle X (@mjxiggy) August 5, 2020

Just a Republican operative trying to get Kanye West on the ballot. What a disgusting dirty trick that shows no respect for voters or whatever Kanye is going through. https://t.co/VjeI3SCMah
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) August 5, 2020

Have a good night everybody except @kanyewest, who has somehow allowed his very name to be colonized by white Republican apparatchiks in Wisconsin.
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) August 5, 2020

This is sick. Republicans, including ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩, have exploited this man's illness for years. Shame on them. https://t.co/txMHTRlOn0
— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) August 5, 2020

NYT: Republicans are working to get Kanye West on multiple state ballots in order to siphon black voters away from Biden. I think this action is yet more evidence that GOP hold black voters in complete contempt. GOP showing its belief that Black voters are easily swayed.
— LiberalNavySeal (@LiberalNavySeal) August 5, 2020

GOP operatives all over the country are rushing to help Kanye West get on ballots. It won't work. They think Black voters are not on to their scam. They are. https://t.co/I5htBoHDP5
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) August 5, 2020

We are not stupid and I really wish white people will stop assuming we are by suggesting a wide swath of black folks will vote for Kanye.
— Musings (@ChinnyChin_U) August 5, 2020

National Poll:
Biden 48% (+8)
Trump 40%
Jorgensen (L) 1%
Hawkins (G) 1%

When @kanyewest included in the poll:
Biden 48% (+9)
Trump 39%
West 2%
Jorgensen (L) 2%
Hawkins (G) 1%@RedfieldWilton (July 9)
— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) July 13, 2020

I mean it seems like a solid piece of petitioning. pic.twitter.com/bTKAhfcX1E
— Old Bull TV (@OldBullTV) August 5, 2020

Will count after we get it uploaded, but this thing could be under 2,000 even before challenges.
— Old Bull TV (@OldBullTV) August 5, 2020

Correction. It appears to be 377 pages. The 1st 50 pages contain 233 unscratched out signatures.

If that ratio holds, Kanye submitted around 1,750 signatures (before objections).

Meanwhile, uploading... uploading...

Done soon though.
— Old Bull TV (@OldBullTV) August 5, 2020