Kanye West takes legal action in bid to be on presidential ballot

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Kanye West has sued Ohio’s election chief in a bid to be placed on the US presidential ballot.

The rap star’s West's filing comes after Secretary of State Frank LaRose deemed him unqualified as an independent candidate.

The election's chief rejected the nearly 15,000 signatures and other paperwork West submitted earlier this month in an attempt to run for president, citing mismatched information on documents.

Attorneys for West's campaign in Ohio alleged it is Mr LaRose's duty to accept any petition for an independent candidate as long as there is no protest filed against the petition and it does not violate Ohio law.

Ohio was one of a number of states that denied West's petition to appear on their ballot last week.

On Friday, the state elections board in Illinois said West had not submitted enough petition signatures and would not be on the ballot.

On Thursday, Wisconsin election officials decided to keep West off the battleground state's presidential ballot because his campaign turned in his nomination papers moments after the deadline, while officials in Montana also said he fell short of petitions.

He also missed deadlines or was rejected in numerous other states this summer, including California, Florida and Pennsylvania.

West is currently on the ballot in states that include Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Utah and Vermont.

The business mogul publicly supported Republican President Donald Trump before announcing his own presidential bid on July 4.

Republican operatives in various key states have been helping West with his White House bid in what Democrats see as an effort to siphon votes away from Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

While West has seen momentum in some states, it remains unclear what the status of his presidential campaign is less than three months from election day.

Kardashian-West Family Album - In pictures

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His wife, Kim Kardashian West, asked for the public's empathy and said West is bipolar after he delivered a controversial address at his campaign introduction speech in South Carolina last month

During the address he proposed a one million dollar payout to mothers and decried Harriet Tubman for her work on the Underground Railroad.