Cornel West Bounced From Presidential Ballot in Michigan

Cornel West (Campaign photo)

Independent presidential candidate Cornel West has been disqualified from appearing on the Michigan ballot in the presidential race in November.

The Michigan Bureau of Elections on Friday made the ruling citing a technical violation of state law, the Detroit Free Press reports: 

Jonathan Brater, Michigan's elections director, wrote the West campaign a letter dated Friday saying that the affidavits of identity submitted to the Secretary of State's Office in June for West and his vice presidential running mate, Melina Abdullah, were not properly notarized.

The ruling, if it is not appealed in court, would be good news for the Kamala Harris campaign since it's likely West, 71, would siphon off more votes from Harris than Donald Trump.  

To date, West is on ballots in four states, according to the New York Times. 

Robert Kennedy Jr., who is expected to have a bigger impact than West in the election, is currently on ballots in 19 states, including Michigan. Jill Stein, who is likely to do more harm to Harris than Trump, is on ballots in 18 states including Michigan. 

Some reports say that he will take votes equally from Trump and Harris.