Cornel West will not be on the ballot in Pennsylvania

The independent presidential candidate’s petition was denied. Here is Kim Lyons at the Pennsylvania Capital-Star:

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that rejected independent candidate Cornel West’s petition to appear on the November ballot. 

The one-page, unsigned order affirms the Aug. 23 ruling by the Commonwealth Court, which agreed with the Department of State’s determination that 14 of  the West campaign’s 19 presidential electors failed to submit the affidavits required for minor-party presidential electors by the Aug. 1 deadline. 

The West campaign did not immediately reply to a request for comment from the Capital-Star.

The Supreme Court decision cleared the way for counties to begin printing and sending out mail ballots, and Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt on Monday certified the official list of candidates on the ballot. 

“Counties can now prepare their ballots to be printed, then begin sending mail ballots to voters who have requested one as soon as they are printed,” Schmidt said in a statement. 

Pennsylvania’s presidential ballot will include Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, former President Donald Trump, the GOP nominee, Green Party nominee Jill Stein and Libertarian Party nominee Chase Oliver. 

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