ATLANTA (AP) — A judge says four independent and third-party candidates are ineligible to appear on Georgia’s presidential ballot. The final decision is now up to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger after Monday’s rulings by Michael Malihi, an administrative law judge. If affirmed, the rulings would block independents Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West, as well as the Green Party’s Jill Stein and the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s Claudia De la Cruz. Kennedy has said he wants to withdraw his name in Georgia and some other closely contested states after he endorsed Donald Trump. Democrats challenged whether all four qualify, seeking to block candidates who could siphon votes from Vice President Kamala Harris
