{"id":2330540,"date":"2024-08-24T18:39:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T22:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-rules-cornel-west-cant-be-on-ballot-in-pennsylvania-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-24T18:43:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T22:43:24","slug":"court-rules-cornel-west-cant-be-on-ballot-in-pennsylvania-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-rules-cornel-west-cant-be-on-ballot-in-pennsylvania-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Court rules Cornel West can\u2019t be on ballot in Pennsylvania &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcourt-rules-cornel-west-cant-be-on-ballot-in-pennsylvania-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2330540&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A court in Pennsylvania has ruled that independent candidate Cornel West\u2062 cannot appear on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-have-a-rendezvous-with-destiny-mr-vice-president-on-january-6th-vice-president-pence-will-choose-the-direction-of-the-world-for-years-to-come-like-thomas-je\/\" title=\"\u201cYou Have a Rendezvous with Destiny, Mr. Vice President\u201d \u2013 On January 6th Vice President Pence Will Choose the Direction of the World for Years to Come \u2013 Like Thomas Jefferson Did Centuries Ago\">presidential ballot<\/a> for the upcoming\u200c 2024 election. The decision, made by Commonwealth Court Judge \u2063Renee Cohn Jubelirer, was based on the finding that West\u2019s \u2064candidacy\u2063 paperwork was incomplete, specifically lacking affidavits for 14 of the 19 required presidential electors by the August <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-tommy-tuberville-endorses-tim-sheehy-in-montana-senate-race\/\" title=\"Sen. Tuberville backs Sheehy in Montana Senate race\">1 filing deadline<\/a>. Jubelirer affirmed that minor-party presidential electors must submit affidavits, unlike major-party\u200c candidates. West&#8217;s attorney, Matthew Haverstick, argued\u2062 against the ruling, claiming there was no valid reason to disallow West from the ballot. The decision is significant \u2064as Pennsylvania is considered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-campaign-looks-to-kamala-harris-to-boost-minority-support-ahead-of-2024\/\" title=\"Biden campaign seeks Kamala Harris to enhance minority support for 2024.\">crucial battleground\u2063 state<\/a> for the election, which is anticipated to be competitive.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Court rules Cornel West can&rsquo;t be on ballot in Pennsylvania<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1736971\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A court on Friday ruled that independent candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cornel-west\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Cornel West<\/a> cannot be on the presidential ballot in <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pennsylvania<\/a>, a key battleground state that could decide the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In a 15-page opinion, Commonwealth Court Judge Renee Cohn Jubelirer <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pennsylvania-ballot-2024-independent-cornel-west-rfk-406dd1a46489e3049ab70e1633a28414\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"sided\">sided<\/a> with the Pennsylvania secretary of state&rsquo;s office in rejecting West&rsquo;s candidacy paperwork.<\/p>\n<p>The secretary of state&rsquo;s office <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pennsylvania-ballot-2024-west-kennedy-cc5507101bcd198028b04945d2d03aa3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> the paperwork lacked the affidavits for 14 of the 19 presidential electors required by the Aug. 1 filing deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Jubelirer, a Republican, agreed that minor-party presidential electors should be considered candidates for office and must file affidavits, even if major-party presidential electors are not.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Haverstick, West&rsquo;s lawyer who is <a href=\"https:\/\/kleinbard.com\/attorneys\/matthew-h-haverstick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"referred\">referred<\/a> to as the &ldquo;counsel of choice for state Republicans in a number of recent policy fights,&rdquo; argued in the now-failed legal challenge that he saw &ldquo;no good reason for Mr. West to be kept off the ballot or Pennsylvanians otherwise prevented from voting for him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania presidential election is expected to be very close, with former President Donald Trump leading Vice President Kamala Harris in a two-way race by less than 1 percentage point, 47.7% to 47.5%, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/pennsylvania\/trump-vs-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> <em>RealClearPolitics<\/em>. With third<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-winning-new-york-independents-closing-gap-in-super-blue-state-to-single-digits-poll\/\" title=\"Poll Shows Trump Gaining Support Among New York Independents, Narrowing Gap in Deep Blue State\">-party candidates included<\/a>, Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/pennsylvania\/trump-vs-harris-vs-kennedy-vs-west-vs-stein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"leads\">leads<\/a> Trump by 2 percentage points in the state, 46.3% to 44.3%. In that poll, West received 0.2%.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ruling on West&rsquo;s ballot access came on the same day independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3132445\/rfk-jr-trump-endorsement-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"suspended \">suspended <\/a>his presidential campaign and endorsed Trump. Kennedy will remain on the ballot in states that are either reliably red or reliably blue but will remove his name from battleground states that will swing the election, including Pennsylvania and Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear whether Haverstick will appeal the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-alito-moves-up-deadline-for-supreme-court-briefing-in-pennsylvania-lawsuit-to-flip-the-election\/\" title=\"Justice Alito Moves Up Deadline For Supreme Court Briefing in Pennsylvania Lawsuit to Flip the Election\">court&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s ruling to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1736971\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1736971\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A court has determined that independent candidate Cornel West will not appear on the presidential ballot in Pennsylvania, a crucial swing state for the 2024 election. In a detailed 15-page ruling, Commonwealth Court Judge Renee Cohn Jubelirer supported the Pennsylvania secretary of state&#8217;s office in rejecting West&#8217;s candidacy paperwork. The secretary of state indicated that the submission was missing affidavits for 14 out of 19 required presidential electors by the August 1 deadline. Judge Jubelirer, a Republican, stated that minor-party presidential electors should be treated as candidates and must submit affidavits, unlike their major-party counterparts. West&#8217;s attorney, Matthew Haverstick\u2014who has represented state Republicans in various legal matters\u2014contended during this unsuccessful legal challenge that there was no valid reason to exclude West from the ballot or prevent Pennsylvanians from voting for him. The upcoming Pennsylvania presidential election is anticipated to be very competitive; former President Donald Trump currently leads Vice President Kamala Harris by less than one percentage point at 47.7% to 47.5%, according to RealClearPolitics data. When factoring in third-party candidates, Harris holds a slight lead over Trump at 46.3% to 44.3%, with West polling at just 0.2%. This decision regarding West\u2019s ballot eligibility coincided with independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&#8217;s announcement that he is suspending his campaign and endorsing Trump while remaining on ballots in solidly red or blue states but withdrawing from battleground states like Pennsylvania and Arizona where outcomes are uncertain. It remains unclear if Haverstick will appeal this ruling to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2330541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Cornel-West.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7386,38149,33740,5836,32076],"class_list":["post-2330540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ballot","tag-cornel-west","tag-court-ruling","tag-pennsylvania","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Cornel-West.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2330540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2330541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2330540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2330540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2330540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}