Kanye West Off Ballot in Five States, Easing Risk to Biden
- Rapper announced he is running for president as independent
- Ohio, Illinois, West Virginia ruled Friday he’s not eligible
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Voters in three more states won’t see Kanye West on their ballots for president this year.
Election officials in Ohio, Illinois and West Virginia ruled Friday that the rapper, who announced in July he was running for president as an independent, didn’t qualify to appear on their state ballots. The rulings came a day after officials in Wisconsin and Montana decided that West wasn’t eligible.