Judge Orders Kanye West Not Be Added to Virginia Ballot 

A Richmond judge on Thursday ordered the Virginia State Board of Elections to not put Kanye West’s name on the November presidential ballot, saying 11 of the 13 Elector Oaths obtained by his campaign were improper, fraudulent, or misleading.

The ruling comes after Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring filed a motion calling an emergency hearing in a lawsuit seeking to block West’s name from being added to the ballot.

Virginia Election officials confirmed on Friday, August 28, that West was set to appear on the ballot as an independent after verifying that he successfully submitted the required 5,000 petition signatures from voters in the Commonwealth. However, the ways his campaign obtained the signatures has been called into question, with many signers saying that they were misled or never told who the candidate was.

West has been removed from the ballot in at least three other states including West Virginia due to filing invalid signatures. 

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