The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that votes for presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz would not be counted.

The justices upheld a lower court ruling that the candidates filed improper nominating petitions, and thus did not qualify to appear on the ballot.

Presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz aren’t qualified to be on Georgia’s ballots and votes for them should not count, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

Academic and activist Cornel West, who is running for president as an independent candidate, won’t be on the ballot in Pennsylvania, the state Supreme Court decided on Monday in upholding a

Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court has upheld a lower ruling that rejected a bid to get independent presidential candidate Cornel West on the battleground state's ballot for the November election.

If the Georgia Supreme Court disqualifies the third-party candidates, their names would likely appear on Georgia’s ballots, although votes for them wouldn’t be counted.

This story was updated at 1:25 p.m. on Sept. 26 to add comment from Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office. The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled against bids by two independent presidential candidates to count on ballots for the state’s November election.

In yet another reversal, votes in Georgia for presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz will count for now.