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

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.

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.

A federal judge has turned down Cornel West’s request to be included on the presidential ballot in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania.

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.