The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted 5–1 on Aug. 27 to keep Cornel West, a long-shot progressive candidate, on the ballot in the key swing state.
The lone dissenting vote was cast by the commission’s chair, Ann Jacobs, a Democrat who said that while West properly submitted his name to be on the ballot, his running mate, Black Lives Matter activist Melina Abdullah, did not.
Attorney Oliver Hall, who represents West’s campaign, told the commission the West campaign submitted its nomination and declaration of candidacy papers on time and that Wisconsin law permits an out-of-state notarization. In this case, the notary was from California….