Dems Are Fighting To Keep RFK Jr. On Swing State Ballots As Potential Spoiler Against Trump

[mystery-ak]

Dems Push To Keep RFK Jr. On Swing State Ballots
M.D. Kittle


It’s curious. The same Democratic Party that has feverishly tried to keep leftist third-party presidential candidates off November’s ballot is now fighting like hell to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on.

On Tuesday, elections officials in two critical swing states — Michigan and Wisconsin — decreed that the Kennedy family scion who last week suspended his independent run and endorsed Donald Trump’s presidential campaign will remain on November’s ballot. He may face similar problems in other battleground states, such as Nevada and North Carolina.
‘His Name Will Remain’

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a hyper-partisan Democrat, said Kennedy must remain on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.

“Minor party candidates cannot withdraw, so his name will remain on the ballot,” Benson spokeswoman Cheri Hardmon told the Detroit News in an email.

Kennedy was running under the banner of the Natural Law Party in Michigan.

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[libertybele]

???  What a crock of crappola.  A minor party candidate has to stay on the ballot and cannot withdraw??

[andy58-in-nh]

If they wanted him off the ballot, they'd find a way to do that, too.

Democrats know how to play this game.