Ballot access deadlines have passed in 21 states and Washington, D.C., which account for 246 electoral votes.
After West’s petitions were challenged in New Jersey, which has 14 electoral college votes, he withdrew, leaving him no path to the required 270 electoral votes, if he is not on the Illinois ballot, Tenner said.
The Rev. Mitchell Johnson, of South Holland, Denise Bradley, of Englewood, Charles Morris, of South Shore and Steve Spagnolo, of Albany Park, joined Tenner’s challenge.
“We need more education about Harriet Tubman’s legacy in this country — not mistruths about her,” Johnson said. “We were saddened that West disrespected her legacy and then disrespected the laws of our state in a doomed effort to get on the ballot.”
West’s petitions were also challenged in a separate filing by Alvin Boutte, the CEO of Bronzeville Academy Charter School.
Scott Erdman, West’s Illinois attorney, did not respond to a message from WTTW News seeking a response to the determination that he had not qualified for the ballot.
The nominating petitions submitted by West’s campaign with the assistance of GOP officials to qualify for the ballot in Wisconsin have also been challenged, records show.
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