RFK Jr. sues North Carolina elections board in effort to get his name off state ballot

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: PBS News Hour/AP

Aug 31, 2024 3:09 PM EDT


Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suing the North Carolina State Board of Elections in a last-ditch attempt to get his name removed the state’s ballot ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

The lawsuit filed in Wake County Superior Court Friday says the board’s denial of his request to remove his name as a third-party presidential candidate violated state election law and his right to free speech, according to The News & Observer and WRAL.

“With November election looming and ballot deadlines fast-approaching, Kennedy has no choice but to turn to this Court for immediate relief,” the lawsuit states.

Since he suspended his campaign and endorsed former President Donald Trump in August, Kennedy has sought to withdraw his name in states where the race could be close, such as North Carolina.

Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/rfk-jr-sues-north-carolina-elections-board-in-effort-to-get-his-name-off-state-ballot

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REFERENCE - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143299154

(must be an "internal polling" thing )

[twodogsbarking]

1. I usually like Kennedys.

[VMA131Marine]

2. The deadline to get on the ballot was the 1st Friday in August

For non major party candidates. I’m guessing, if you’ve done that it’s too late to withdraw because ballots have been drawn up, maybe even printed and it would be time consuming and expensive to change.

https://www.nass.org/sites/default/files/surveys/2020-07/research-ballot-access-president-Jan20_0.pdf

Additional: after further research, the NC elections board says 2 million ballots have been printed and absentee voting begins next Friday. I’m guessing RFK Jr does not want to pay to have all the ballots redesigned and reprinted. Furthermore, his appeal is going to be moot in just a few days.

https://www.ncsbe.gov/news/press-releases/2024/08/29/state-board-determines-it-too-late-remove-we-people-nominee-president-ballot

[relayerbob]

3. Almost as tired of him as Trump at this point

He literally went to court to get ON the North Carolina ballot.

https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-rfk-ballot-election-2024-6578c475c48887f736270248d1664a4a

[ificandream]

4. Let him be (on the ballot).

[groundloop]

5. Our poor 1st Amendment sure gets abused a lot lately.

How in the hell does leaving wormboy's name on the ballot violate his 1st Amendment rights? Nobody is attempting to silence him.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. They always try to reference something in the Constitution

(whether it applies or not) so they can take what is a "state issue" (handling the "election process" ) and try to shove it over to the federal courts and ultimately send it to their bought-and-paid-for 6 members of the SCOTUS.

[Cheezoholic]

7. F@#$ you psycho. Sue to get on to get off, wtf. Quit wasting tax payer dollars and precious court time

This countries system is not your play ground. Some may feel sorry for you but not me, you're fucking Gosar crazy and have been for decades. The word of this election should be relevancy and you're not, period.
FFS you could waste all that money on something useful like buying free trips for poor kids to go see Aquariums before you break in and eat all the specimens, or smoke them, or snort them. Take some advice from your uncle shithead.

[oldmanlynn]

8. Who does that help?

I wonder if that’s gonna help Kamala Harris a little bit. The way he’s suing the state makes it seem like it’s gonna be hurtful for Trump

[BumRushDaShow]

9. "I wonder if that's gonna help Kamala Harris a little bit."

Of course it will help her which is why he is frantically trying to get off the ballot.

The media kept putting out this false narrative that Democrats were stupid and would embrace anything with the "Kennedy" name no matter what, and they kept at it until this loon finally "officially" joined 45's fraud squad.

[NCjack]

10. Trump is 100% transactional and results driven. If Jr. fails to get off the ballots in battleground States,

Trump will cancel their deal.

[Wonder Why]

11. Fast track it to SCOTUS. I want to hear how they rule when someone complains they were denied free speech

because they wanted to get OFF the ballot. That one should consume their workload until February.