Kanye West takes legal action in bid to be on presidential ballot

Kanye West is taking legal action (Michael Wyke, File/AP)

Rapper Kanye West has sued Ohio’s election chief in an effort to be placed on the November presidential ballot after the Secretary of State deemed him unqualified as an independent candidate.

West’s filing against Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose comes days after the election’s chief rejected the nearly 15,000 signatures and other paperwork the rapper submitted earlier this month in an attempt to run for president, citing mismatched information on the signature-gathering documents.