Sept. 17 (UPI) — Independent presidential candidate Cornel West will not appear on Pennsylvania’s ballot after the battleground state’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld a lower court ruling, and counties started printing ballots.
“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,” Pennsylvania’s Secretary of State Al Schmidt said in a statement before certifying the ballot .
Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court affirmed the lower Commonwealth Court decision in a one-page order, saying it agreed with Schmidt’s office that West failed to file the required affidavits for 14 of West’s 19 presidential electors by the Aug. 1 deadline.
West, 71, has been fighting to get his name on the ballot before Pennsylvania begins early voting in the next few weeks ahead of the Nov. 5 election. His candidacy was challenged by Democrats as Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump battle for the swing state’s 19 electoral votes.