When Is "By 5PM" Not By 5PM?

**togor** · 08-13-2020, 07:54

Kanye West Presidential Campaign: Petitions Turned In 14 Seconds After 5 p.m. Should Be Counted

https://www.wpr.org/kanye-west-presidential-campaign-petitions-turned-14-seconds-after-5-p-m-should-be-counted

Attorneys for Kanye West disputed complaints Monday that his nominating petitions were turned in late and filled with errors, telling the Wisconsin Elections Commission that the paperwork should be accepted […]

In GOP-land, 5:00:14 is not after 5PM, if Republican operatives are trying to put Kanye West on the ballot.

Think analog clock, with a minute and second hand. This is the kind of clock that apparently Republicans no longer can read. When the second hand gets to the 12, that's 5PM. After that is *after* 5PM.