Georgia voters for Cornel West won’t have votes counted: State Supreme Court

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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 7,500 petition signatures to qualify for the ballot, neither submitted those signatures in the name of one of the 16 possible state electors, as required by state law. 

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