| | + | [[File:Electoral Map 11-10-20.png|right|350px|thumb|Electoral Map as of November 10, 2020. Biden 227, Trump 231, 80 uncounted.<ref>https://www.forexlive.com/news/!/decision-desk-trump-won-the-state-of-north-carolina-20201110</ref>]] |
| | As [[Kanye West]]’s [[2020 presidential election]] campaign raced to get on the ballot before deadlines, [[DNC]] election attorney [[Marc Elias]] was fighting to disenfranchise voters, specifically targeting [[voter suppression]] of [[African American]]s. Elias involvement affirmed the belief that [[Democrat]]s were concerned that having Kanye West on the ballot, especially in [[swing states]], could siphon Black votes away from Democratic nominee [[Joe Biden]]. West made ballot status in [[Arizona]], [[Arkansas]], [[Colorado]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Vermont]], [[Tennessee]], [[Minnesota]], [[Idaho]], and [[Iowa]]. Marc Elias was the counsel in a suit to keep Kanye West off the ballot in Virginia. The suit asked for immediate court intervention as deadlines approach for printing and mailing [[absentee ballot]]s.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/02/former-lawyer-for-hillary-clinton-kamala-harris-is-working-to-push-kanye-off-the-ballot/</ref> | | As [[Kanye West]]’s [[2020 presidential election]] campaign raced to get on the ballot before deadlines, [[DNC]] election attorney [[Marc Elias]] was fighting to disenfranchise voters, specifically targeting [[voter suppression]] of [[African American]]s. Elias involvement affirmed the belief that [[Democrat]]s were concerned that having Kanye West on the ballot, especially in [[swing states]], could siphon Black votes away from Democratic nominee [[Joe Biden]]. West made ballot status in [[Arizona]], [[Arkansas]], [[Colorado]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Vermont]], [[Tennessee]], [[Minnesota]], [[Idaho]], and [[Iowa]]. Marc Elias was the counsel in a suit to keep Kanye West off the ballot in Virginia. The suit asked for immediate court intervention as deadlines approach for printing and mailing [[absentee ballot]]s.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/02/former-lawyer-for-hillary-clinton-kamala-harris-is-working-to-push-kanye-off-the-ballot/</ref> |