On October 31, Justice Samuel Alito denied Cornel West’s request for an injunction to have Pennsylvania polling places carry instructions on write-in voting. 24A427. He did not refer the application to the other members of the Court.
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On October 30, the Third Circuit refused to put Cornel West on the ballot as an independent presidential candidate in Pennsylvania. West v Pennsylvania Department of State, 24-2913. The panel only wrote one sentence, saying the request is denied.
The case was before Judges Patty Shwartz (Obama appointee), Paul B. Matey (Trump), and Tamika R. Montgomery-Reeves (Biden).
The same day, West asked the U.S. Supreme Court to order the Pennsylvania Secretary of State to direct that notices be posted in all polling places, telling voters that Cornel West is a write-in candidate and explaining that voters may cast a write=in vote. Here is that filing. 24A427.
Here is an Ohio newspaper story from October 31, explaining the legal status of the lawsuit to enable votes for Jill Stein in Ohio to be counted.
On October 29, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s request to withdraw from the Michigan ballot. There is no opinion. The vote was 8-1. Justice Neil Gorsuch dissented. He only wrote a sentence, and said his dissent mirrors the dissent in this same case in the Sixth Circuit. Kennedy v Benson, 24A405.
Also on October 29, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously denied Kennedy’s similar request to remove himself from the Wisconsin ballot. 24A399.
The Sixth Circuit has requested that the Ohio Secretary of State file a response by 5 p.m., Tuesday, October 29, in Stein v LaRose, 24-3923. This is the lawsuit over whether votes for Jill Stein (who is on the ballot) should be counted. Stein’s Reply brief is due October 30.