Independent presidential candidate Cornel West will not appear on ballots in the battleground Pennsylvania, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Monday. West’s insurgent candidacy had been challenged in Pennsylvania by Democratic Gov.

Cornel West will be on Virginia's presidential ballot in November. Why it matters: The state's Department of Elections had initially disqualified his candidacy because of faulty paperwork before reversing its decision earlier this month.

The Michigan Bureau of Elections on Friday disqualified independent presidential candidate Cornel West, the civil rights activist and philosopher, along with his running mate from appearing on the Nov. 5 General Election ballot over a technical violation of state law.

Two Fulton County judges have disqualified independent Cornel West and socialist Claudia De la Cruz from Georgia’s presidential ballot, narrowing the field of qualified candidates in the Peach State to four.

Liberal independent presidential candidate Cornel West has been disqualified from running in the presidential election on Georgia’s ballot ahead of the November election. Two state court judges ruled Wednesday that West and socialist candidate Claudia De la Cruz have been disqualified from the ballot because their electors did not file the proper paperwork.

Cornel West is back on the presidential ballot in Virginia, despite a new state law that had appeared to disqualify a dozen of his electors if he won his longshot