The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that votes for third-party presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz would not be counted. In a unanimous vote, the court determined that while West and De la Cruz met the minimum requirement of collecting 7,

The justices upheld a lower court ruling that the candidates filed improper nominating petitions, and thus did not qualify to appear on the ballot.

Georgia's Supreme Court says presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz aren't qualified to be on the state's ballots and votes for them should not count.

Academic and activist Cornel West, who is running for president as an independent candidate, won’t be on the ballot in Pennsylvania, the state Supreme Court decided on Monday in upholding a

Cornel West and RFK Jr. must stay on Michigan’s ballot for the upcoming presidential election despite the legal challenges.

In yet another reversal, votes in Georgia for presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz will count for now.

If the Georgia Supreme Court disqualifies the third-party candidates, their names would likely appear on Georgia’s ballots, although votes for them wouldn’t be counted.

This story was updated at 1:25 p.m. on Sept. 26 to add comment from Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office. The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled against bids by two independent presidential candidates to count on ballots for the state’s November election.