The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that votes for third-party presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz would not be counted. In a unanimous vote, the court determined that while West and De la Cruz met the minimum requirement of collecting 7,

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.

Georgia's Supreme Court says presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz aren't qualified to be on the state's ballots and votes for them should not count.

While third-party candidates Cornell West and Claudia De la Cruz will still appear on Georgia's ballot in November, all votes for them won't 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.