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UPDATED WITH LATEST: After a night of ballot counting, Kanye West passed 60,000 votes in the race for the presidency of the United States. West was on the ballot in 12 states. His exact

count, as of 10:30 a.m. PT Wednesday, was 60,761. Most of the states in question were above 90% counted, with the notable exceptions of Colorado, Utah, Mississippi and Vermont. Those were

all above 70% counted. Kanye’s updated state-by-state breakdown is as follows, according to the AP: Arkansas: 4,040 Colorado: 6,254 Idaho: 3,631 Iowa: 3,202 Kentucky: 6,259 Louisiana: 4,894

Minnesota: 7,789 Mississippi: 3,277 Oklahoma: 5,590 Tennessee: 10,216 Utah: 4,344 Vermont: 1,265 Election Day 2020: Deadline’s Complete Coverage PREVIOUSLY, TUESDAY, MIDNIGHT PT: While the

TV networks were laser-focused on the race between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, a good number of social media users were focused on another candidate: Kanye West. West’s name was trending on

Twitter after the hip-hop superstar made a series of posts to his account chronicling what he said was the first time he had ever voted in his life. Kanye being Kanye, he cast his ballot for

himself, of course. https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/1323641120778145792 It’s safe to say at least 60,000 Americans voted for West, who ran as an Independent. While a few states were

still under 80% reported as of this writing, our count puts him at 59,781 total votes. Thus, it’s a pretty good guess he’ll go over 60,000 by the time all states are fully counted. Election

Day 2020: Deadline’s Complete Coverage West’s biggest haul was in Tennessee, where he garnered 10,188 votes. While the rap mogul did rank 4th in some state races, his percentage of the vote

was never more than .04%. About the time that Joe Biden made his election night speech, Kanye tweeted what seemed to be both a concession and an announcement writing, “Welp Kanye 2024.”

https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/1323855566314221568 West personally voted in Wyoming where, according to_ The New York Times_, he has a ranch and spends much of his time. A video he

posted to social media shows he wrote in his own name on the ballot there. The vote will not accrue to West unless he files additional paperwork, however.

https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/1323726544997474304 Wyoming secretary of state spokeswoman Monique Meese told MarketWatch that the state counts such ballots as generic write-in votes

unless the candidate wins or unless they file paperwork and pay a fee to the state. According to Meese, there had been no such filing as of late Tuesday. Candidate Kanye _was_ on the ballot

in a dozen states, however. Here is how he fared in each, with vote counts according to the Associated Press: Arkansas: 4040 Colorado: 6,127 Idaho: 3092 Iowa: 3,197 Kentucky: 6,259

Louisiana: 4,894 Minnesota: 7654 Mississippi: 3,117 Oklahoma: 5,590 Tennessee: 10,195 Utah: 4,311 Vermont: 1,255 According to MarketWatch, West asked voters to write in his name in

California. But West reportedly again missed the filing deadline to be a write-in candidate in in the state. Bizarrely, the American Independent Party put him on the ballot as its vice

presidential candidate in California —- without consulting Kanye. According to a Federal Election Commission filing, West raised $11.5 million through mid-October. About $10.3 million of

that, however, were loans made by the candidate to his own campaign. RELATED DEADLINE VIDEO: