Cornel West, a third party candidate for president in 2024, was rejected from a ballot in a key swing state this week.

A federal judge is turning down third-party candidate Cornel West's request to be put on Pennsylvania's presidential ballot.

Third-party presidential candidate Cornel West’s challenge to Pennsylvania’s ballot access rules came too late to consider without the risk of confusing voters and disrupting the Nov. 5 election, a federal judge in Pittsburgh said Thursday.

Cornel West was denied a bid to be on Pennsylvania’s 2024 presidential ballot by a federal judge who said his decision was driven by “some common sense” even if the state may have “run afoul” of the US Constitution in keeping him off.

Cornel West appeared via video in a federal courtroom in Pittsburgh on Monday seeking to have his name added to the Nov. 5 presidential ballot. West filed a complaint last month alleging discriminatio

Third-party presidential candidate Cornel West attorney Matthew Haverstick, who has long represented the Republican Party, said Friday West will appeal a federal court decision that keeps him off Pennsylvania's ballot.

A federal judge is turning down third-party candidate Cornel West’s request to be put on Pennsylvania’s presidential ballot

A federal judge on Thursday said that third-party presidential candidate Cornel West cannot have his name placed on Pennsylvania’s ballot — despite the court’s concerns over how state election laws treat minor-party candidates.