Cornel West

Cornel West loses Supreme Court bid to get on the Pennsylvania presidential ballot

Third-party presidential candidate Cornel West has lost a Supreme Court bid to be included on the presidential ballot in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania.

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Third-party candidate Cornel West loses bid to get on Pennsylvania’s presidential ballot

Georgia court rejects counting presidential votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz

Georgia court could reject counting presidential votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz

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Pennsylvania court rejects Cornel West’s bid to get on ballot and clears way for mail voting

Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court has upheld a lower ruling that rejected a bid to get independent presidential candidate Cornel West on the battleground state’s ballot for the November election.

Votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz will count in Georgia for now

In yet another reversal, votes in Georgia for presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz will count for now.

Judge disqualifies Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz from running for president in Georgia

Georgia state court judges have disqualified presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz from running for president in the state.

GOP network props up liberal third-party candidates in key states, hoping to siphon off Harris votes

In battleground states, a network of Republican political operatives and lawyers is trying to shape the November’s election in favor of former President Donald Trump.

Georgia puts Cornel West, Jill Stein and Claudia De la Cruz on the state’s presidential ballots

Georgia voters are likely to be able to choose from six candidates for president. That’s because Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Thursday put Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz back on the ballot after they were removed, while saying the Green Party’s Jill Stein had qualified by another rou

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., West approved for ballot in Wisconsin after attempts to oust them fail

The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted Tuesday to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the battleground state’s presidential ballot, despite his request to be removed, and also rejected a Democratic attempt to oust independent candidate Cornel West.

Cornel West is back on Michigan’s presidential ballot, judge rules

A judge has ruled that independent presidential candidate Cornel West must appear on the Michigan ballot.

Cornel West can’t be on Pennsylvania’s presidential ballot, court decides

Independent presidential candidate Cornel West has lost a legal challenge in his bid to get on the ballot in the battleground of Pennsylvania.

Democrats get a third-party hopeful knocked off Pennsylvania ballot, as Cornel West tries to get on

Democrats have won legal challenges keeping the left-wing Party for Socialism and Liberation off Pennsylvania’s presidential ballot.

Cornel West cleared to appear on ballot in Maine, where ranked voting is in play

Maine’s secretary of state says independent presidential candidate Cornel West can appear on the ballot in Maine.

Republicans scrambled to get Cornel West on the Arizona ballot. The left-wing academic is OK with it

A group of lawyers with deep ties to the Republican Party is scrambling to rescue a bid to get independent presidential candidate Cornel West on Arizona’s presidential ballot.

Her name was on a filing agreeing to be a Cornel West elector. Her question: What’s an elector?

An Arizona woman says her name and and signature were forged on state filings that list her as an elector for Cornel West, an independent presidential candidate.

Voters who want Cornel West on presidential ballot sue North Carolina election board

Three registered voters in North Carolina are suing the State Board of Elections, alleging that it violated their constitutional rights.

North Carolina approves party seeking to put RFK Jr. on the ballot, rejects effort for Cornel West

North Carolina’s election board has certified a political party that wants to put Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the state’s presidential ballot this fall.

Georgia Democrats file challenges to keep Kennedy and others off presidential ballot

Georgia Democrats are challenging efforts to place Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and three other candidates on the state’s presidential ballots It’s part of a nationwide effort to block candidates who could siphon votes from incumbent President Joe Biden.

Another political party in North Carolina OK’d for fall; 2 others remain in limbo

North Carolina’s elections board has certified a right-leaning political party to field candidates this fall in the state.

North Carolina party recognition for groups seeking RFK Jr., West on ballot stopped for now

A divided North Carolina election board has blocked for now the official party recognition of political groups that collected signatures and want Robert F.

More presidential candidates could be on North Carolina ballot with signature drives

This fall’s presidential ballot in battleground North Carolina appears poised to lengthen after political movements seeking to run candidates have filed voter signature lists with state election officials.

Progressive activist Cornel West leaves the Green Party and will run for president as an independent

Progressive activist Cornel West will run for president in 2024 as an independent, not as a member of the Green Party.

Scholar, activist Cornel West says he will run for president in 2024 as 3rd-party candidate

Activist and scholar Cornel West says he is running for president in 2024 as a third-party candidate.