Kanye West files to appear on Illinois ballot
By Marina Pitofsky - 07/21/20 03:27 PM EDT
Kanye West on Monday filed to appear on the Illinois 2020 presidential ballot in November.
The rapper, who was raised in Chicago, submitted 412 pages of signature sheets to appear on the ballot as an independent, Illinois State Board of Elections Public Information Officer Matt Dietrich said in a statement to The Hill.
However, the filing does not mean West, who announced his 2020 bid on July 4, will automatically make it onto the ballot. Election officials will need to certify that he received 2,500 signatures, and an objection period to West's candidacy will run until next Monday.
Petition sheets typically contain 10 names per sheet. Not every line of the pages West submitted are filled, Dietrich said.
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