Presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz have been ruled unqualified to be on Georgia's ballots by the Georgia Supreme Court. The court determined that West and De la Cruz failed to meet the qualification criteria as their presidential electors did not each submit a separate petition with the required 7,500 signatures. Instead, only one petition per candidate was submitted, as mandated by the secretary of state.
West and De la Cruz, who qualified as independents in Georgia, faced challenges from Democrats who were concerned about potential vote-splitting that could affect Vice President Kamala Harris. Despite their names remaining on the ballots, votes for them will not be counted.
