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 court's 3-0 opinion upholds a ruling by the Michigan Court of Claims, but reverses a ruling by the Bureau of Elections that West was ineligible.

In a terse order, the Michigan Supreme Court refused to overturn a ruling from the Michigan Court of Appeals, rejecting appeals filed by an attorney.

Academic and activist Cornel West, who is running for president as an independent candidate, won’t be on the ballot in Pennsylvania, the state Supreme Court decided on Monday in upholding a lower court’s ruling.

Independent presidential candidate Cornel West will not make Pennsylvania's ballot after the battleground state's Supreme Court on Monday upheld a lower court ruling, and counties started printing ballots.

The Pa. Supreme Court decision cleared the way for counties to begin printing and sending out mail ballots. Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt has certified the official list of candidates.

West is polling between 0% and 2% in most state and national 2024 polls, and his left-wing policy positions threaten to siphon away some votes from Harris.