When Georgians head to the polls in November to help pick the next U.S. president, most of them will probably pull the lever for President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump.
But there are others who think they ought to be sitting in the Oval Office, and several of them took a big step Tuesday toward getting their names on the ballot alongside the major party candidates.
As of Tuesday’s deadline, independents Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West have both submitted petitions to the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office to appear on Georgia ballots, as has Claudia De la Cruz of the Party for Socialism and Liberation.
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