" We must now fulfil America's promise by trusting God, unifying our visions and building our future. I'm running for President of the United States! Kanye West announced it personally on his Twitter account on 4 July, and he has kept his promises. According to People magazine, as of Wednesday 15 July the rapper is officially a candidate in the US presidential election to be held in November, pitting him against Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden. This is despite a member of his campaign declaring him "out of the race" and his voting intentions of 2 %.
Kanye 2020 or... Birthday Party
Also according to People, Kanye West's team has filed a Statement of Campaign Organization -titled Kanye 2020- with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The Declaration of Organization form states that the Kanye 2020 Committee will serve as the "Principal Campaign Committee" with Kanye West as its candidate. His party is called the "BDP", which stands for "Birthday Party". A joke? Contacted by Rolling Stone magazine, the FEC confirmed that a committee dubbed "Kanye 2020″ had indeed submitted a form, before adding that it could not "not to confirm the legitimacy of this deposit". Kim Kardashian's husband still has to fill in the second presidential application form, in which he will have to prove that he has raised or spent more than $5,000 on his campaign.
Candidate in Oklahoma... but not in the other US states
But that's not all. According to a spokesperson for the Board of Elections, a representative of Kanye West filed the necessary documents for his candidacy as an independent candidate in the Oklahoma election on Wednesday 15 July, the deadline for filing his candidacy. According to Forbes, the billionaire rapper paid the $35,000 required for his registration and also submitted a declaration of candidacy.
But because his candidacy arrived too late in some parts of the USA (deadlines vary from state to state), Kanye West will not be able to appear on the ballot papers anywhere in the country. For example, voters in Texas and Florida will not be able to elect Kim Kardashian's famous husband. For other states in Uncle Sam's country, Kanye West's candidacy will require several thousand signatures from residents. And there's no word yet on whether he's already collected them... So stay tuned.
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