Kanye West loses Wisconsin presidential ballot battle by 14 SECONDS but likely to appeal to state supreme court
KANYE West’s presidential campaign received a brutal blow from a Wisconsin judge who ruled that the rapper be kept off the ballot.
, who missed a deadline for filing by 14 seconds, filed a lawsuit on Aug. 29 after the Wisconsin Board of Elections rejected his nomination papers, .
The “Stronger” rapper is likely to appeal circuit court Judge John Zakowski’s ruling to the state’s supreme court, .
"The court believes at the time a grandfather clock rings out five times is the moment it is 5 p.m. Any time after that is precisely that: after 5 p.m.," Zakowski wrote in his decision.
He added: "The court used the analogy of midnight. There is significant difference between 11:59:59 p.m. and one second after midnight. The passage of a second after midnight confers an entirely new day."
Kanye, with his vice-presidential candidate Michelle Tidball, is running as a member of .
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