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SC Denies RFk Jr.’s Bid to Remove His Name from Ballots
United States: The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck off two separate attempts by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to have his name dismissed from the presidential ballot in Michigan and Wisconsin.
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In two brief orders, the justices turned away Kennedy’s requests to direct election officials in both Michigan and Wisconsin to remove his name from ballots, despite the fact that millions of voters in two bellwether states have already cast their votes early in person and/or by mail.
In the Michigan case, Justice Neil Gorsuch dissented with the court when it denied it.
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Kennedy suspended his lengthy presidential bid in August and warned that putting his name on the ballot would potentially mislead voters into thinking that he was ready to serve as the president of the S if elected.

Following his stance as a candidate, Kennedy endorsed former President Donald Trump and started campaigning to have his name stricken off the ballots in ten states.
In New York, however, Kennedy sought an order from the high court to restore him to its general election ballot, which the Supreme Court refused last month.
In the case of Kennedy in Wisconsin, he asked the Supreme Court to help him by pasting stickers over his name after the Wisconsin Elections Commission had declined to remove his name.
State officials had said this would be a “herculean task” for county clerks as well as the staff, and they were to place 4 million stickers on paper ballots, CBS News reported.
According to Kennedy’s lawyers, “In Wisconsin, he wants everyone who will listen to vote for Trump,” and, “To aid that message, he sought to have his name removed from the ballot well before the Wisconsin Elections Commission voted to put him on the ballot and before the major parties even had to submit a candidate.”
Kennedy said he requested to step down as a candidate to ensure people understand he is no longer contesting for the presidency and call for Wisconsin voters to vote for Trump.
However, Wisconsin law prohibits the trucking of Kennedy’s name from the ballot, adding that “any person who files nomination papers and qualifies to appear on the ballot may not decline the nomination.”