A Georgia state court judge has disqualified independent presidential candidate Cornel West from running for president in the state. The judge said Wednesday that West's electors didn't file the proper paperwork. The decision means votes for West won’t be counted in Georgia, although it's too late to remove his name from ballots.
Progressive activist Cornel West speaks at a demonstration in Union Park outside the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein speaks during a rally at Union Park during the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago. FILE -- Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger attends the National Association of Secretaries of State winter meeting, Feb. 16, 2023, in Washington.
A ruling was also expected late Wednesday on whether Claudia De la Cruz could stay on Georgia ballots. The nominee for the Party of Socialism and Liberation technically qualified for the Georgia ballot as an independent, but Democrats have argued she should be excluded for the same reason that applied to West.
Wednesday’s ruling was the latest turn in the on-again, off-again saga of ballot access for independent and third-party candidates in Georgia. An, and the Georgia Green Party from the ballot. But Raffensperger, who gets the last word in such matters, overruled the judge, and said West and De la Cruz should get access., Stein should go on Georgia ballots because the national Green Party had qualified her in at least 20 other states.
Democrats appealed Raffensperger’s decisions on West and De la Cruz and filed a fresh action challenging his decision on Stein, seeking to block candidates who could siphon votes from Harris after Joe Biden won Georgia by fewer than 12,000 votes in 2020.
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