Cornel West asks Supreme Court to make PA polling sites advertise him as a write-in option [View all]
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Source: USA Today
Published 6:09 p.m. ET Oct. 30, 2024 | Updated 6:09 p.m. ET Oct. 30, 2024
WASHINGTON - Independent presidential candidate Cornel West has asked the Supreme Court to make Pennsylvania polling sites let voters know they can write in his name on Election Day.
West filed that emergency request days before Tuesday's election after failing to get on the ballot in the battleground state. West is more likely to draw votes away from Vice President Kamala Harris than from former President Donald Trump.
Pennsylvania's top court backed the secretary of state's decision that West lacked the required affidavits for most of his presidential electors so was ineligible.
When West sought help from the federal courts, U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan said the rules appear to intentionally make it harder for third-party candidates to get on the ballot. But Ranjan said it was too close to the election to intervene. An appeals court also rejected West's request for help.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/30/cornel-west-supreme-court-pennsylvania/75948733007/
The GOP has now gone full-court press including using this sellout.
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