Ohio votes cast for Green Party candidate won't count due to VP swap

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Votes cast in Ohio for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein will not count because the party nominated her running mate after a state administrative deadline, according to state election officials. Stein, who filed to run as an independent...

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

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism during a Tuesday hearing that votes for presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz should count, possibly setting the stage for disqualifying them from the battleground state's ballots. Democrats who...

Supreme Court leaves Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein off the ballot in Nevada

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from Nevada's Green Party seeking to include presidential candidate Jill Stein on the ballot in the battleground state. The court's order Friday, without any noted dissents, allows ballot preparation and printing...

Supreme Court order leaves Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein off the ballot in battleground Nevada

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

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's Supreme Court on Monday upheld a lower court ruling that rejected a bid to get independent presidential candidate Cornel West on the ballot for the November election in the battleground state. The courts sided with the secretary of state’s...

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

ATLANTA (AP) — In yet another reversal, votes in Georgia for presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz will count for now after the Georgia Supreme Court paused orders disqualifying them. The court's decision Sunday came as Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's...

Pennsylvania high court rules against two third-party candidates trying for presidential ballot

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's Supreme Court on Friday sided with lower court decisions to block two third-party presidential candidates from the battleground state's ballot in November's election. The decisions hand a win apiece to each major party, as Democratic and...

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

ATLANTA (AP) — Presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz are disqualified from running for president in Georgia, two state court judges ruled Wednesday, saying that their electors didn't file the proper paperwork. For now at least, the decision means votes for West...

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — Italo Medelius was leading a volunteer drive to put Cornel West on North Carolina's presidential ballot last spring when he received an unexpected call from a man named Paul who said he wanted to help. Though Medelius, co-chairman of West's “Justice for All...

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

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia voters are likely to be able to choose from six candidates for president after Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Thursday put Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz back on the ballot and ruled that the Green Party's Jill Stein had qualified by another route. ...