North Carolina is the newest battleground state to dam Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from eradicating his identify from the presidential poll regardless that he exited the 2024 race final week.
In a Phoenix press convention final Friday, Robert Kennedy Jr. suspended his presidential marketing campaign and endorsed President Trump.
RFK stated he’ll keep on the poll in states the place his presence will damage Kamala, and he’ll take away himself from ballots in states the place his presence hurts Trump.
“In about 10 battleground states, the place my presence can be a spoiler, I’m going to take away my identify. And I’ve already began that course of and urge voters to not vote for me,” RFK Jr. stated.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted on Thursday to maintain RFK Jr. on the 2024 poll. Votes forged for RFK Jr. in North Carolina received’t depend as a result of he suspended his marketing campaign.
WBTV reported:
Former impartial presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will stay on the poll for North Carolina’s normal election, the state determined Thursday.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections on Thursday, Aug. 29 voted in favor of preserving Kennedy on the poll, regardless of his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race. Third-party candidate Kennedy suspended his presidential marketing campaign on Friday, Aug. 23.
Kennedy’s identify will seem on the poll in November for North Carolina voters, who can technically nonetheless vote for him. These votes received’t depend, nonetheless, since Kennedy has withdrawn from the race.
Usually, if a candidate drops out of a race with sufficient time earlier than an election, their identify received’t get included on the poll. Kennedy, nonetheless, suspended his marketing campaign simply earlier than voting begins in North Carolina, making a too-tight deadline for County Boards of Elections — of which many had already begun printing ballots for the election.
In keeping with Karen Brinson, government director of the state’s elections board, North Carolina had already printed about 1.73 million ballots as of Thursday in additional than 60 counties. Particular ballots, for instance, reminiscent of for these abroad within the army or these with imaginative and prescient issues, have been already being ready.
To reprint and redistribute ballots with out Kennedy’s identify would take no less than 13 days, in keeping with Brinson. The method would reportedly require reproofing your entire poll, which includes the state and county boards. Reprinting would additionally price extra money, the board stated.
RFK Jr. may even stay on the Michigan and Wisconsin 2024 presidential poll regardless of suspending his marketing campaign.
RFK Jr. voters transfer overwhelmingly to President Trump which is why Michigan, Wisconsin and North Carolina are preserving Kennedy on the poll in essential battleground states.
RFK Jr. voters transfer overwhelmingly to President Trump! pic.twitter.com/b3oNacppkW
— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) August 23, 2024