Attorneys for Cornel West and Pennsylvania Elections Office are in Settlement Talks to Resolve Ballot Access Case

Posted on by January 26, 2026

On January 27, attorneys for Cornel West (independent presidential candidate in 2024) and the Pennsylvania state elections office jointly asked a U.S. District Court for a two-month extension of the discovery deadline. The filing says that the two sides are engaged in settlement talks.

The issue in the case is the state policy that says each candidate for presidential elector (for petitioning candidates, i.e., independent and minor party tickets) must file a signed and notarized declaration of candidacy. In contrast, presidential elector candidates for fully-qualified parties need not file any paperwork. Instead their parties simply submit a list of their presidential elector candidates.

It is possible the settlement will result in a new policy, one in which the paperwork from each candidate for presidential elector is no longer required. The judge in this case already ruled against the state, when the state had asked that the case be dismissed without any evidence-gathering. West v Pennsylvania Department of State, w.d., 2:24cv-1349.

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Attorneys for Cornel West and Pennsylvania Elections Office are in Settlement Talks to Resolve Ballot Access Case — 4 Comments

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