Presidential candidate Cornel West loses bid for Pennsylvania ballot

Pennsylvania's Supreme Court affirmed the lower Commonwealth Court decision in a one-page order, saying it agreed with Schmidt's office that West failed to file the required affidavits for 14 of West's 19 presidential electors by the Aug. 1 deadline.

These third parties are so bad at filing paperwork it amazes me that anyone thinks they could lead a country…

Its almost like they don't want or plan on actually winning, only sowing chaos

This guy is not serious, and should be ignored. He's only on the ballot in 15 states. Among other flaws, like taking money from Harlan Crow.

By August, the campaign reported being $17,000 in debt. The campaign was aided by Republican-aligned groups, donors, and lawyers, to get on the ballot in several states including Michigan,[56] Georgia,[57] Virginia, Nebraska, Maine, North Carolina,[58] Arizona[59] and Wisconsin.[59][60] Although West stopped actively campaigning, registered Republicans have signed up to be electors for West in swing states.[11] His campaign had only spent $2,400 on signature gathering between January and June of 2024.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornel_West_2024_presidential_campaign

If Republican big wigs are showering you with money to do something, save your soul and don't fucking do it.
- So disappointed in him to. He was a huge supporter of Bernie Sanders then goes and does this why?
- I'd take the cash. And since many here think they are paying me anyway, they should actually pay me! Bring it!!!
I mean you're gonna find a lot more plutocratic ghouls on Harris' donor list then his.
- Why do you think Harlan Crow gave money to Cornell West?
I definitely don't take him serious and I won't be voting for him.
EDIT: Downvotes for me NOT voting for him? So you guys want me to vote for him?! lmao
- No one believes a fucking word you say

The kremlins not gonna be happy about this, hopefully Stien is enough of a spoiler on her own but i think they aimed to take votes from different demographics and with west trailing stien has been trying to win over more uninformed black voters and getting clowned in the attempt.

Is Cornel West the guy of the meme of the rent is too damn high?

No, that was some guy running for, I think, NY governor, but not actually running - he just wanted to use his platform to bring light to the issue of rent prices. --I had to google It while typing this out - Jimmy McMillan.
- Thanks, the image of the thumbnail looks like him.
Wikipedia, my friend.
- What a negative attitude. Why do you respond anyway? Shut up and let other people answer questions then.

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We are left with the same two parties that declare "this time we are really going to help the people" and two armies of morons convinced their person is really going to do it! It is literally the same BS every election cycle.

And morons who think voting for a third party presidential candidate means anything instead of working to elect down ballot candidates who actually could affect meaningful change.
- Every vote for Harris is stealing a vote from third-party candidates who represent real change. By sidelining those voices, you’re indirectly helping Trump win!
Yep!

As a west supporter I'm fine with this. Though I'm not fully convinced on the magnitude of the spoiler effect, eg. If 2% want to vote for west that doesn't mean that those 2% vote for Kamala if he's off the ballot, they'll most likely just not vote. The race in Penn seems really tight though so anything to get Harris over the line is good.

If you arent in a swing state ( eg. Margin bigger then 10%) and think Kamala's tacking too far right then id recommend looking into west. He and stein get a lot of slander on here because people are deathly afraid of spoilers but his platform is actually pretty good if you want to do a protest vote. Again in a non-swing state so everyone doesn't come after me for "helping trump"

Well said.
Just so you know, they'll still come after you because you're not voting for Harris. People like to accuse us of being Trump voters just for not falling in line. Apparently, we're part of some conspiracy to get Trump back in office by... supporting third parties on Lemmy of all places? Yeah, because Lemmy's totally not hostile to third-party voters, right? Clearly, our "Russian agents being paid in Russian bitcoinz" plan is working flawlessly.
But seriously, I thought I’d be into West at first too, but I never felt like he was genuine, even if I respect what he's trying to do. I admire anyone who takes a shot at the Duopoly, even if they’re not getting my vote.
- no dude, the stakes are high and nobody wants Trump to win. it is a tense situation.
  I am sure plenty of people would be happy to see you express your third-party vote if it doesn’t mean a swing state goes to Trump.
- Lemmy is hostile to virtue signaling that leads nowhere (or somewhere worse if enough people do it). Post an idea that's actually useful instead, and we will intently listen.

If voting made any difference, they wouldn't let us do it.

they're trying to prevent you from voting.
- Every vote for Harris is stealing a vote from third-party candidates who represent real change. By sidelining those voices, you’re indirectly helping Trump win!
If voting didn’t make a difference, they wouldn’t spend $650 million on TV ads
- It makes a difference, just not to any of us plebes
Why do you think they do disenfranchisement?

The way third parties are being shut out this election cycle really highlights how undemocratic the US actually is. Democrats are shutting out their spoilers, Republicans are shutting out their spoilers, you are not allowed to vote for anyone but the two ruling parties.

It’s on them, all they had to do was file the paperwork correctly. Nobody is banning them or shutting them out.
We are talking about a party that gets less than one percent of the vote - even in polling that isn’t subject to ballot laws. The will of the people is not really being misrepresented here.
Can you give me your best example of a Socialist country that represents democracy?
This is patently false. Why are you lying?
No one should vote for these green or third party candidates because they are not serious or legitimate.
They disappear after every election and do nothing for downballot candidates.theyre also paid by foreign actors.
- Look at the Domain they're posting from it will explain a lot.
- No one should vote for these green or third party candidates because they are not serious or legitimate.
  In YOUR opinion. But I, and many others, do and will vote third party. No matter how mad you are.
  Having said that, I wouldn't vote for West.
Yeah, they're totally being shut out by... checks notes not filing their paperwork on time.
- If they filed the paperwork properly and on time they wouldn't be able to complain about being shut out... :)
- Tedious libshit - oh we'd love to have a democratic process, but you didn't jump through all the procedural hoops in exactly the right way (rules we made up and were never voted on lol). Sure they rules are different in every single state and are selectively enforced, but rules are rules!
Absolutely agree. Even me posting about third parties here has brought more hate and mockery than I’ve ever experienced, even on Reddit! People can be toxic. lol
But all the backlash has only made me more determined to keep posting news about third parties!
I believe in people having options and diversity in political opinions. :)
- But all the backlash has only made me more determined
  Oh sure sure. That's the reason. 🙄
  Thank God you're here to make sure everyone remembers they can chuck their vote into a hole if they don't care who wins.
- Even if those options do nothing but help elect trump.
  Be honest. You're really just trying to get trump elected not 3rd party candidates cuz u know 3rd party candidates can't get to 270
- Yeah, the problem isn't the articles you post, those are fine. Trying to misdirect onto that is a strawman. People don't like you due to how you engage in comment sections with the people that want to talk about those articles.