Two two pivotal battleground states refused to remove former Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name from their ballots in the upcoming presidential election.
Last week, Kennedy dropped out of the race and endorsed former President Donald Trump at an Arizona rally.
Kennedy indicated that he would attempt to remove his name from ballots in swing states, but Michigan and Wisconsin rejected his requests despite his withdrawal from candidacy.
“Minor party candidates cannot withdraw, so his name will remain on the ballot in the November election,” Cheri Hardmon, a spokesperson for Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said in a statement Tuesday.
Kennedy will appear on the Michigan ballot as the Natural Law Party nominee.
“The Natural Law Party held their convention to select electors for [Kennedy]. They cannot meet at this point to select new electors since it’s past the primary,” Hardmon pointed out.
The same day, Wisconsin determined that Kennedy was to remain on their ballot.
In a 5-1 vote on Tuesday, the Wisconsin Elections Commission decided Kennedy would not be removed.
Officials referred to state law, which mandates that after filing for office, death is the only way a candidate can be removed from the ballot.
“The statute literally says, ‘Any person who files nomination papers and qualifies to appear on the ballot may not decline nomination. The name of that person shall appear upon the ballot except in case of death of the person,’” Commission Chair Ann Jacobs remarked.
According to NPR, Harris is leading in both states by an average of three points.
Additionally, Wednesday night Fox News polls show that she’s leading on Trump in three out of the four most critical Sun Belt states.
In Arizona, she holds a 1-point lead over Trump (48% to 47%), a 2-point lead in Georgia (48% to 46%), and a 2-point lead in Nevada (48% to 46%).
Conversely, in North Carolina, Trump leads Harris by 1 point, with 48% support compared to her 47%.
The polls had some good news for Trump, who is leading Harris with independent voters.
Another new poll released on Wednesday by YouGov, found that 42% intend to vote for Trump in the upcoming presidential election, while only 37% would cast a vote for Harris.
13% of independent voters responded that they are unsure about which candidate they will cast their ballot for.
The survey was conducted on Aug. 25 to 27, the weekend after Kennedy suspended his campaign.
Harris has reportedly outspent Trump’s campaign by $67 million dollars since replacing Biden on the Democratic ticket.
Her campaign targeted Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin with $27,388,780 in Meta ads, while the Trump campaign only spent $2,631,466 on ads in Georgia, Montana and Pennsylvania.
Harris spent $11,257,700 in YouTube targeted towards California, Florida, New York, Texas, and Washington.
While the Trump campaign spent less than half that amount on ad buys Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.
The Harris campaign shelled out $18,933,100 on Google ads that were mostly targeted at Democratic strongholds, and the Trump campaign skimped on $2,197,800 in ads five states.
Her campaign also forked out almost double the amount as Trump’s on ads featured on digital streaming platforms.
Harris’ team bought up $56 million on Netflix, Hulu, and Roku ads, while Trump’s campaign only ponied up $30 million.
Try to get Comrade Kamala to cackle like the hyena she is…this will cure the undecideds who are leaning her way…when they see her as she is, off camera😂
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. HOSEA 4:6
Just look at the type of government the voters of Michigan and Wisconsin put in control, they are so far left it’s impossible for anyone that does not conform to their way of thinking, will never get a far ruling.
If I recall, there were two states that had Biden listed and supposedly couldn’t remove his name from the running when Harris took over because the ballots had already been printed or some such. Then they did. Did I get that right?