A federal judge has ruled that independent presidential candidate Cornel West must be on North Carolina's ballot for the November election, ruling that the state's logic to keep West off the ballot was flawed.

The board has categorically excluded JFA and its candidates from the ballot,” the judge wrote. “... That is a severe burden on First Amendment rights.”

A federal judge has ordered the state Board of Elections to put presidential candidate Cornel West on the November ballot. In an order issued Monday, U.S. District Judge Terrence W. Boyle wrote that the state Board of Elections’ decision last month to deny certification of West’s Justice for All party infringed on voters’ constitutional rights.

Liberal independent presidential candidate Cornel West reportedly used allies of former President Donald Trump to gain ballot access in the battleground state of Wisconsin. According to a report from

The second challenge is the “Gass Challenge,” filed by Anne Gass of Gray and Sandra Marquis of Lewiston. They argue that the petition is invalid as a result of fraud: “more specifically, that one or more circulators deceived voters as to the nature of the petition,” reads the hearing notice sent to West’s campaign.

Independent presidential candidate Cornel West weighed in on his competitors’ running mates, saying Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) “sold his soul” to former President Trump and Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) is a “decent man” in a party that is corrupt.

The independent candidate's Justice for All Party has prevailed in a dispute with the state board of elections, which pushed to keep the third party off the ballot.

Maine election officials will hear arguments Wednesday from voters who say Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West did not gather enough valid signatures to appear on the state's presidential

AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - A challenge hearing began for Cornel West, a independent running for president, in Augusta this afternoon. In an effort to get on the ballot in Maine, West was required to collect signatures on petitions throughout the state.

It’s sad to see him (Vance) give up on his claims of integrity and honesty and to find himself an extension of Trump’s mendacity and Trump’s criminality,” said West.

Three independent and third-party candidates got one step closer to appearing on Georgia’s presidential ballot on Tuesday