{"id":1485912,"date":"2024-08-26T00:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T04:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1485912"},"modified":"2024-08-26T00:25:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T04:25:00","slug":"pennsylvania-judge-rules-cornel-west-cant-appear-on-ballot-in-key-swing-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/pennsylvania-judge-rules-cornel-west-cant-appear-on-ballot-in-key-swing-state\/1485912\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Judge Rules Cornel West Can’t Appear On Ballot In Key Swing State"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pennsylvania Judge Rules Cornel West Can’t Appear On Ballot In Key Swing State<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times<\/a> (emphasis ours),<\/em><\/p>\n

A court in Pennsylvania on Aug. 23 ruled that independent presidential candidate Cornel West cannot appear on the presidential ballot in Pennsylvania<\/strong>, a key battleground state that determines the 2024 election.<\/p>\n

Cornel West speaks during a protest for a Gaza ceasefire in Chicago, Ill., on Aug. 22, 2024. John Fredricks\/The Epoch Times<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

In a 15-page ruling<\/a>, Commonwealth Court Judge Renee Cohn Jubelirer sided with the Secretary of State\u2019s office under Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro in rejecting West\u2019s candidacy paperwork.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Secretary of State\u2019s office said West and his running mate, activist Melina Abdullah, lacked the required affidavits for 14 of West\u2019s 19 presidential electors. The court agreed with the office\u2019s arguments.<\/p>\n

Jubelirer, a Republican, agreed with the Secretary of State\u2019s office that minor-party presidential electors are to be considered candidates for office who must file affidavits, even if major-party presidential electors are not.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pennsylvania\u2019s Secretary of State office, the court ruled, \u201cis required to certify the ballot in time for county boards to print and mail those ballots to military electors who are serving overseas or in isolated areas \u2018not later than [70] days prior\u2019 to a general election.’\u201d<\/p>\n

If the court sided with West, it would make \u201cit nearly impossible for [the Secretary of State\u2019s office] and county boards to, respectively, timely certify, print, and mail the absentee ballots as contemplated by the Election Code, and removing almost two weeks from that timeframe almost guarantees the inability to act within those timeframes,\u201d the judge wrote.<\/p>\n

For that reason and others, the court found that West \u201cfailed to exercise due diligence\u201d and barred him from appearing on the ballot.<\/p>\n

Matthew Haverstick, West\u2019s lawyer, had said that he saw \u201cno good reason for Mr. West to be kept off the ballot or Pennsylvanians otherwise prevented from voting for him.\u201d<\/strong> It\u2019s not clear whether he will appeal the court\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

Also Friday, independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told the court in a filing that he will withdraw from Pennsylvania\u2019s ballot. In a speech in Phoenix, Kennedy said he is suspending his presidential bid, backing former President Donald Trump and planning to remain on ballots in states where he is unlikely to sway the outcome.<\/p>\n

Kennedy later appeared at a rally with Trump, with the former president declaring he will \u201chave a huge influence on this campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Green Party\u2019s Jill Stein and the Libertarian Party\u2019s Chase Oliver submitted petitions to get on Pennsylvania\u2019s presidential ballot without being challenged, while the Party for Socialism and Liberation has said it will appeal a judge\u2019s decision to order its presidential candidate, Claudia De la Cruz, off Pennsylvania\u2019s ballot.<\/p>\n

The Nov. 5 election in Pennsylvania is forecast to be close, with the Cook Political Report rating<\/a> it as a \u201ctoss up\u201d between Trump and the Democrat Party\u2019s candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris. In the 2020 race, Pennsylvania state officials called the race in favor of then-candidate Joe Biden over Trump, who then filed several post-election legal challenges in the Keystone State.<\/p>\n

Some polls<\/a> have shown<\/a> that West and Stein, who have both campaigned on ending the conflict between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group, could take votes away from the Democratic Party in the upcoming election.<\/strong><\/p>\n

West, however, notched a legal victory in another potential battleground state last week after a Michigan judge ruled last week that he must appear on the ballot. Like Pennsylvania, Michigan, which has 15 electoral votes, is also expected to be close and was rated<\/a> as a \u201ctoss up\u201d by Cook.<\/p>\n

\u201cVictory in Michigan! We brought thousands of voices to the table, and the court listened, rejecting the Democrats\u2019 technical challenges,\u201d wrote<\/a> West, a former Harvard University and Yale University professor, on the social media platform X. \u201cThis is a win for democracy and for every person fighting for truth, justice, and love. Onward!\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSun, 08\/25\/2024 – 20:25<\/span><\/p>\n

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