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Georgians flock to cast ballots as early in-person voting begins
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgians aren't waiting to vote, with what could be more than 10% of expected turnout casting ballots through Wednesday. More than 310,000 people voted on Tuesday, the first day of early in-person voting, with another 260,000 more making their choices through...
Third-party candidate Cornel West loses bid to get on Pennsylvania's presidential ballot
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge has turned down Cornel West's request to be included on the presidential ballot in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania, expressing sympathy for his claim but saying it's too close to Election Day to make changes. U.S. District Judge J....
Georgia court rejects counting presidential votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz
ATLANTA (AP) — Presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz aren’t qualified to be on Georgia's ballots and votes for them should not count, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. Following a hearing Tuesday, the unanimous court agreed that West and De la Cruz...
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...
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...
A secretive group recruited far-right candidates in key US House races. It could help Democrats
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Joe Wiederien was an unlikely candidate to challenge a Republican congressman in one of the nation’s most competitive House districts. A fervent supporter of former President Donald Trump, Wiederien was registered as a Republican until months earlier. A...
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...
