PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania counties can begin printing and distributing mail ballots after the Pennsylvania Department of State finalized the list of candidates who will appear on the ballot Monday.

Academic and activist Cornel West, who is running for president as an independent candidate, won’t be on the ballot in Pennsylvania, the state Supreme Court decided on Monday in upholding a lower court’s ruling.

The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that independent presidential candidate Cornel West’s name will remain on Michigan’s Nov. 5 presidential ballot. In an order issued Monday, the state’s highest court upheld a ruling by the Michigan Court of Appeals last week,