The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that votes for third-party presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz would not be counted. In a unanimous vote, the court determined that while West and De la Cruz met the minimum requirement of collecting 7,

Georgia's Supreme Court says presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz aren't qualified to be on the state's ballots and votes for them should not count.

The justices upheld a lower court ruling that the candidates filed improper nominating petitions, and thus did not qualify to appear on the ballot.

Despite earlier claims by his campaign, Cornel West is not on the Florida presidential ballots that supervisors of elections are sending to overseas and military voters, giving Floridians dissatisfied with Donald Trump and Kamala Harris one less option to vote for president this year.

This story was updated at 1:25 p.m. on Sept. 26 to add comment from Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office. The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled against bids by two independent presidential candidates to count on ballots for the state’s November election.

The Supreme Court of Georgia disqualifies Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz from the state's ballot, but their names will still appear.

Georgia Supreme Court justices are expressing skepticism that votes for presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz should count.

The Georgia Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday about whether Claudia De la Cruz and Cornel West are qualified to be on the Nov. 5 presidential ballot.