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Kanye West answers questions during a service at Lakewood Church, in Houston.
Kanye West answers questions during a service at Lakewood Church, in Houston.AP
Kanye West makes his first presidential campaign appearance, in North Charleston, South Carolina.
Kanye West makes his first presidential campaign appearance, in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Post And Courier via AP
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Kanye West’s ballot battle in Wisconsin has been dealt another blow — this time, by the strike of a grandfather clock.

A circuit court judge ruled that the rapper, who missed a filing deadline by 14 seconds last month, cannot appear on the swing state’s presidential ballot as a third-party candidate.

“The court believes at the time a grandfather clock rings out five times is the moment it is 5 p.m.,” Brown County Judge John Zakowski wrote in his Friday decision. “Any time after that is precisely that: after 5 p.m.”

West’s campaign filed a lawsuit Aug. 29 after the Wisconsin Board of Elections rejected his nomination papers over the missed deadline, arguing that state election law gave him until 5:01 p.m. to file.

But it’s not over yet: the case will likely be appealed to the state supreme court – which is dominated by conservatives.

West, who has visited President Trump in the White House and calls himself a former supporter, has acknowledged that his campaign could damage former Vice President Joe Biden’s White House chances.

He has spent nearly $6 million on his unlikely bid, almost all of it drawn from his own $1.3 billion fortune.

West has already qualified to appear on at least 12 states’ ballots in November, mainly in Trump strongholds like Arkansas, Idaho, and Kentucky.

He’s also a candidate in hotly contested Minnesota, which Trump lost by a razor-thin margin in 2016 — helped by the presence of third parties on the ballot.

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