{"id":2254071,"date":"2024-05-28T06:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T10:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-rfk-jr-plans-to-get-on-as-many-state-ballots-as-possible\/"},"modified":"2024-05-28T06:54:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T10:54:52","slug":"how-rfk-jr-plans-to-get-on-as-many-state-ballots-as-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-rfk-jr-plans-to-get-on-as-many-state-ballots-as-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr.&#8217;s strategy for maximum state ballot presence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-rfk-jr-plans-to-get-on-as-many-state-ballots-as-possible%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2254071&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Presidential \u2064candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is targeting a place on all 50 state \u2063ballots\u200d by the \u20622024 elections. His campaign is confident about the successful completion of this strategy despite facing\u200c hurdles such as the predominance of rival Republican and\u200d Democratic\u2064 parties. Currently, the campaign has secured spots on 15 ballots including Michigan, \u200dOklahoma, and Utah, totaling 28 electoral votes. The campaign also has petitioned successful \u200daccess in a diverse mix of other states accounting for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cpd-co-founder-says-biden-campaign-urged-cnn-to-promise-rfk-jr-will-not-participate-in-debate\/\" title=\"CPD Co-Founder: Biden Team Pushed for RFK Jr Exclusion from Debate\">201 electoral votes<\/a>. These \u200cefforts \u200dare integral to meeting new pressures and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/british-trans-cyclist-blocked-from-womens-championship-after-female-racers-threatened-boycott\/\" title=\"British Trans Cyclist Blocked from Women\u2019s Championship After Female Racers Threatened Boycott\">eligibility criteria set<\/a> by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">presidential debates<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> believes he can get on all 50 state ballots in time for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"2024 presidential election\">2024 presidential election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne hundred percent \u2014 we will be on the ballot in all 50 states and the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>District of Columbia<\/a>,\u201d Kennedy campaign press secretary Stefanie Spears told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Ballot access serves as one of the biggest barriers to Kennedy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-collar-truck-driver-on-verge-of-unseating-leader-of-democratic-machine\/\" title=\"\u2018Blue Collar\u2019 Truck Driver on Verge of Unseating Leader of Democratic Machine\">long-shot campaign<\/a>, as he attempts to take on the full might of the politically dominant Republican and Democratic parties. With the recently announced presidential debates, there is new pressure to make it on as many ballots as early as possible. CNN has confirmed that only candidates who attract at least 15% of the vote in four national polls or have shown they are on enough ballots to theoretically collect 270 electoral votes will be considered for the debate. So far, the Kennedy campaign has claimed access on 15 ballots, with <em>Decision Desk HQ<\/em> confirming ballot access in Michigan, Oklahoma, and Utah. Those three states total 28 electoral votes.<\/p>\n<p>According to the campaign, it has also successfully petitioned Ohio, New Hampshire, Nevada, North Carolina, California, Iowa, Nebraska, Idaho, Delaware, Hawaii, Texas, and most recently, New Jersey. Altogether, those states constitute 201 electoral votes.<\/p>\n<p>At first glance, the assortment of states does not appear to have any rhyme or reason, including both big and small and Republican and Democratic states. A Kennedy campaign official told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that the reasoning behind the ballot access push is simply a matter of when access is allowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo us, they\u2019re not eclectic,\u201d the official said. \u201cThe way that ballot access works is there\u2019s \u2026 states \u2026 now almost every state is open, but every state is different. So when we initially started our ballot access, we broke our states up into four different tiers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo tier one would be a state where you could start collecting signatures where you didn\u2019t need electors to turn your signatures in,\u201d the official continued. \u201cAnd you also didn\u2019t need a VP pick. So those were nine states, which equaled 108 Electoral College votes. And then \u2026 tier two, you needed your electors, but you didn\u2019t need your VP because we didn\u2019t \u2026 announce our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-gov-ron-desantis-becoming-major-voice-for-gop\/\" title=\"Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis becoming major voice for GOP\">vice presidential pick<\/a> right away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo for us, it was strategic from the start, based on which dates you could \u2026 collect in and then finalize,\u201d the official added. \u201cWe also determined which states we focused on based on how long the window was open and when their deadline was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two hardest states to gain access to are New York and Texas, the official said, due to how short the window to apply is. New York only has a window of roughly six weeks, resulting in the campaign focusing many resources on it in the past weeks before the window closes on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Campaigns to get ballot access are largely unrelated to campaigning itself, the official said, so the campaigning strategy does not change.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So far, the District of Columbia, Wisconsin, Louisiana, and Rhode Island have yet to open their ballot access windows.<\/p>\n<p>Most analysts agree Kennedy doesn\u2019t have a shot at the White House, but in the meantime his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/the-report\/articles\/2024-05-16\/just-how-big-of-a-threat-does-rfk-jr-pose-to-biden-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appeal<\/a> as a \u201ccross-cutting candidate\u201d makes him a spoiler for both Biden and Trump. In the most recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-biden-vs-kennedy-vs-west-vs-stein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>RealClearPolitics<\/em> average<\/a>, RFK Jr. is polling at 10.5% nationally while the two major party nominees are separated by 2.4 percentage points.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a 2024 presidential contender, is confident about his presence on all 50 state ballots. His campaign ensures that Kennedy will be listed as a choice for voters across all states, including the District of Columbia. 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