[EL] Could Kanye West become President?

[Mark Scarberry]

The Forbes article about Kanye West is wrong (though not in any meaningful
way). The article states:

"When it was pointed out that he actually can’t win in 2020—that he won’t
be on enough ballots to yield 270 electoral votes, and that a write-in
campaign isn’t feasible—and thus was serving as a spoiler, West replied:
'I’m not going to argue with you. Jesus is King.' "

We all know that a candidate does not necessarily need 270 electoral votes
to become President. If no one gets 270, the decision would go to the
House. Being in the top three would be enough for West to be chosen by the
House. Of course that's not going to happen, but who could have predicted a
President Trump back when he first threw his hat in the ring (other than
maybe Scott Adams)?

Mark

[image: Pepperdine wordmark]*Caruso School of Law*

*Mark S. Scarberry*

*Professor of Lawmark.scarberry at pepperdine.edu
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On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 7:57 AM Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:

...


> “Kanye West Indicates That His Spoiler Campaign is Indeed Designed to Hurt
> Biden” <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=113866>
>
> Posted on August 7, 2020 7:30 am <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=113866>
> by *Rick Hasen* <https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Forbes
> <https://www.forbes.com/sites/randalllane/2020/08/06/exclusive-kanye-west-indicates-that-his-spoiler-campaign-is-indeed-designed-to-hurt-biden/?utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=social&utm_content=3560023103&utm_campaign=sprinklrForbesMainTwitter#65a302536397>
> :
>
> *Amid various reports
> <https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/05/politics/kanye-west-ballot/index.html> that
> Republican and Trump-affiliated political operatives are trying to get
> Kanye West onto various state ballots for November’s presidential election,
> the billionaire rap superstar indicated, in an interview by text today,
> that he was in fact running to siphon votes from the presumptive Democratic
> nominee, Joe Biden.*
>
> *Asked about that directly, West said that rather than running for
> president, he was “walking,” quickly adding that he was “walking . . . to
> win.”*
>
> *When it was pointed out that he actually can’t win in 2020—that he won’t
> be on enough ballots to yield 270 electoral votes, and that a write-in
> campaign isn’t feasible—and thus was serving as a spoiler, West replied:
> “I’m not going to argue with you. Jesus is King.”*
>
> *West rebuffed various attempts to clarify who was driving his ballot
> access or strategy and whether it’s being coordinated by or with
> Republican-affiliated officials. He does, however, appear to have a
> continuing relationship with the Trump White House. West says that he’s
> “designing a school within the next month” and that “I’m meeting with Betsy
> DeVos about the post-Covid curriculum.” (The Secretary of Education’s press
> office hadn’t responded to a request for comment by the time we published.)*
>
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>
> Posted in ballot access <https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>, campaigns
> <https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, chicanery
> <https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>
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