The ballot has been set in the state of Georgia for the 2024 presidential election.
According to a post on X from Chief Operation Officer for the Georgia Secretary of State Gabriel Sterling, six candidates have made the cut.
The order will look something like this:
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Donald Trump, representing the Republican party
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Kamala Harris, representing the Democratic party
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Chase Oliver, representing the Libertarian party
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Jill Stein, representing the Green party
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Claudia De la Cruz, representing the Party for Socialism and Liberation
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And Cornel West, an independent
This decision by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger comes after multiple challenges for the last three candidates on the list.
Earlier this month, democrats challenged the ballot places for West, Stein, and De la Cruz. This was due to a disagreement in a niche law.
In Georgia, independent candidates must get a “minimum of 7,500 valid signatures of eligible electors.”
Challengers to the candidates claimed that due to Georgia having 16 electoral votes, candidates needed to file separately with each elector and obtain 120,000 signatures to appear on the ballot.
However, lawyers for the candidates disputed this interpretation of the law.
This culminated in a decision by administrative law judge Michael Malihi on Monday.
Malihi ruled in favor of the challengers, potentially barring West, Stein, and De la Cruz from appearing on the ballot. That would have left just Trump, Harris, and Oliver to choose from.
The decision went to Raffensperger who ultimately decided that the interpretation is just 7,500 signatures, allowing all six candidates on the ballot.
The order at the ballot box will be as it is presented in this article, with Trump first and Harris second.
The reasoning according to Sterling was because the first position “goes to the party that win the governorship.”
Early voting in Georgia will start on Oct. 15 with the general election slated for Nov. 5.
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