| − | As Ye’s presidential campaign raced to get on the ballot before deadlines, Democrat lawyer [[Marc Elias]] was fighting to disenfranchise voters, specifically targeting [[voter suppression]] of Black voters. Elias involvement affirms the belief that Democrats are concerned that having Kanye West on the ballot, especially in swing states, could siphon Black votes away from Democratic nominee Joe Biden.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/02/former-lawyer-for-hillary-clinton-kamala-harris-is-working-to-push-kanye-off-the-ballot/</ref> West made ballot status in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Vermont, Tennessee, Minnesota, Idaho, and Iowa. | + | As Ye’s presidential campaign raced to get on the ballot before deadlines, Democrat lawyer [[Marc Elias]] was fighting to disenfranchise voters, specifically targeting [[voter suppression]] of Black voters. Elias involvement affirms the belief that Democrats are concerned that having Ye on the ballot, especially in swing states, could siphon Black votes away from Democratic nominee Joe Biden.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/02/former-lawyer-for-hillary-clinton-kamala-harris-is-working-to-push-kanye-off-the-ballot/</ref> West made ballot status in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Vermont, Tennessee, Minnesota, Idaho, and Iowa. |
| | Elias, chair of [[Perkins Coie]]’s Political Law Group, hired [[FusionGPS]] to write bogus information on the [[2016 Trump campaign]] and pass it off to the FBI in an effort rig the outcome and destroy American democracy. Elias now works for Kamala Harris and previously [[John Kerry]]. Now Elias is the counsel in a suit to keep Ye off the ballot in [[Virginia]]. The suit asked for immediate court intervention as deadlines approach for printing and mailing absentee ballots. | | Elias, chair of [[Perkins Coie]]’s Political Law Group, hired [[FusionGPS]] to write bogus information on the [[2016 Trump campaign]] and pass it off to the FBI in an effort rig the outcome and destroy American democracy. Elias now works for Kamala Harris and previously [[John Kerry]]. Now Elias is the counsel in a suit to keep Ye off the ballot in [[Virginia]]. The suit asked for immediate court intervention as deadlines approach for printing and mailing absentee ballots. |