Kanye West Stays on Iowa Presidential Ballot After Challenge
Rapper Kanye West will remain on the Iowa ballot as a candidate for president after a state panel rejected two challenges to his candidacy.
The Iowa Candidate Nomination Objection Panel unanimously rejected one challenge related to signatures on West's nomination papers and another that noted West was running as a "no-party" candidate but is registered in his home state of Wyoming as a Republican.
The panel is comprised of Republican Secretary of State Paul Pate and Democratic Attorney General Tom Miller and Democratic Iowa Auditor Rob Sand. Miller said Iowa tends to support allowing candidates to qualify for the ballot.
“It’s for important policy and constitutional reasons that we want people to be able to run and we want voters to be able to choose from a large group. That’s been the spirit and impetus we’ve operated under for a while,” he said.
Other states where West is on the ballot include Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Utah and Vermont.
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