FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, file photo, Kanye West answers questions during a service at Lakewood Church, in Houston. Staff for the Wisconsin Elections Commission are recommending that rapper Kanye West be kept off the battleground state's presidential ballot in November 2020 because he missed a deadline to submit nomination papers. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)

A rap artist with a national following won’t be on the general election ballot for president in November in West Virginia, according to the Secretary of State.

Kanye West failed to acquire the required number of signatures from valid registered voters in the state, Secretary of State Mac Warner said on Friday.

“He was 761 short,” Warner said.

West, who had announced his support of President Trump’s re-election, in July announced he would be an unaffiliated candidate for president.

The rap star and fashion designer needed 7,144 signatures of valid registered voters to be on the ballot in West Virginia, Warner said. West submitted 13,685 legible signatures, however, 7,482 were declared invalid and 6,383 were verified.

That left West 761 short of the required number, Warner said.

West doesn’t have any more time to get more signatures, according to Warner. West earlier tweeted he was on the ballot in West Virginia.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose on Friday also said West won’t be on the ballot in November because information did not match on the signature-gathering documents.

LaRose rejected about 15,000 signatures and other paperwork West submitted this month.

The elections board in Illinois on Friday said West didn’t submit enough signatures on a petition and wouldn’t be on the ballot.

He will be off the ballot in Wisconsin because the papers were filed after a deadline and he failed to have the required number of petitions in Montana.

Warner was in Wood County on Friday, meeting with constituents and the county clerk about the election.

While voting in person is preferable, the online portal to request an absentee ballot has been used by more than 18,000 residents, Warner said. The average is about 2,000 a day, he said.

Part of the reason for the high usage of the portal is the pandemic, Warner said.

“It doesn’t surprise me at all,” he said.

Warner recommends residents, if intending to vote absentee, do so as early as possible to avoid any problems.