This story was updated on Thursday, Sept. 12 at 9:25 a.m.
A pair of Fulton County judges have disqualified independent presidential candidate Cornel West and Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate Claudia De la Cruz from Georgia’s ballot.
The judges believe Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was wrong to place De la Cruz and West on Georgia’s ballot after Democrat-backed challenges alleged they did not meet the criteria to qualify for the race. Last month, Raffensperger also ruled Green Party candidate Jill Stein qualified to be on the ballot.
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