Kanye West Files Petitions to Appear on Ballots in Missouri and New Jersey Despite Recent Struggles

In New Jersey, West's campaign filed 1,327 signatures — more than the 800 the state required for the 2020 election. The deadline to file an objection against West's petition in New Jersey is July 31, according to the state.

To be safe, most candidates submit signature sheets with well over the amount required, Illinois State Board of Elections spokesman Matt Dietrich told PEOPLE this month.

“It’s the general practice among most candidates that they submit a number of signatures far greater than the minimum,” Dietrich explains. “If an independent candidate for president had filed 10,000 signatures, that would be a much more daunting challenge for an objector.”

“Here,” Dietrich said of Kanye's Illinois petition, “you don’t have a tremendous number of signatures above the minimum."

West's campaign has operated quietly but has continued to make efforts to appear on many state ballots. The New York Post reports West's campaign is also making efforts to gather the 30,000 required signatures needed to appear on New York's ballot by Thursday's deadline.

Meanwhile, Kim has asked for "compassion" as their family addresses Kanye's recent behavior, including his controversial comments about abolitionist Harriet Tubman and, more personally, a since-deleted tweeted in which Kanye accused Kim and her mom Kris Jenner of trying to "lock him up."

"As many of you know, Kanye has bi-polar disorder," Kim tweeted in a public statement this month. "Anyone who has this or has a loved one in their life who does, knows how incredibly complicated and painful it is to understand."

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