Supreme Court Blocks West Write-in Request

A truly interesting case came before the Supreme Court this week.

Cornel West, who is running for president as a third-party candidate, made an emergency appeal to have signs put up at polling stations to inform voters that he was eligible as a write-in candidate.

The appeal was denied by Justice Samuel Alito, and I believe it was the right ruling.

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I did not think it was fair that West, who is running as a third-party candidate, was denied by certain states to have his name on the ballot even though he claimed to have met the requirements.

We know why this happened… he was blocked by Democrats because he would be pulling support from Harris.

The same officials who blocked West from being put on the ballot also blocked Kennedy from being removed, so it's a win-win situation for Democrats.

That aside, West wanted signs put up in polling stations in Pennsylvania to make voters aware that he was a write-in candidate.

That appeal was denied by Justice Alito, who is assigned to Pennsylvania for these emergency reviews by the court.

Here is why this was the right ruling by Justice Alito.

West litigated his ballot status, and he lost. Whether we agree or disagree with the rulings at this point is irrelevant.

Every state has laws regarding how close political signs can be to the entrance of a polling station. Here in Texas, that law is 100 feet.

Now, if you give West permission to post signs, that means everyone else has to be given the opportunity to post signs inside the polling stations, and you can just imagine the mess this would create.

Again, I absolutely believe that West should be on the ballot in PA, but since the courts decided his name was not going to be on the ballot, it is now up to his ground workers to make sure voters know they can write him in before they get inside that 100-foot no-go zone.