{"id":2259001,"date":"2024-06-03T20:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T00:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-sues-nevada-secretary-of-state-over-ballot-access\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T20:34:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T00:34:17","slug":"rfk-jr-sues-nevada-secretary-of-state-over-ballot-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-sues-nevada-secretary-of-state-over-ballot-access\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. files lawsuit against Nevada secretary of state for ballot access"},"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\">24<\/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%2Frfk-jr-sues-nevada-secretary-of-state-over-ballot-access%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=2259001&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>Independent presidential candidate Robert \u2063F. Kennedy Jr. has \u200cfiled a lawsuit against \u2064Nevada\u2019s secretary of state over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/courting-the-35-million-independent-voters-who-wield-mighty-but-unpredictable-election-power\/\" title=\"Appealing to 35M Independent Voters: Harnessing Their Mighty, Unforeseeable Election Influence.\">ballot access laws<\/a>.\u200b The lawsuit challenges the requirement for a confirmed running \u200cmate in candidate\u2063 petitions. The\u200d Kennedy campaign aims to be on the ballot in all 50 \u2063states and seeks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-court-is-fast-tracking-sidney-powells-request-for-a-forensic-exam-of-dominion-voting-machines\/\" title=\"Federal Court Is Fast-Tracking Sidney Powell\u2019s Request For A Forensic Exam Of Dominion Voting Machines\">federal court<\/a> \u200bintervention to prevent any changes in interpretation by the Secretary of State. Independent \u200bpresidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy\u200d Jr. is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jj-sues-biden-administration-to-block-medicare-drug-price-negotiations\/\" title=\"J&#038;J sues Biden to halt Medicare drug price talks.\">taking \u200clegal action<\/a> against\u200b Nevada&#8217;s Secretary of State regarding\u2062 ballot access laws. The dispute centers on the insistence of a confirmed running mate in candidate petitions. \u200bKennedy&#8217;s campaign strives for nationwide ballot presence and looks to federal court\u2064 intervention to maintain consistent interpretation of the laws by \u2064the Secretary of State.  <\/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 data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/independents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Independent<\/a> presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Robert F. Kennedy Jr<\/a>. filed a lawsuit against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nevada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nevada\u2019s<\/a> secretary of state over his interpretation of state laws regarding ballot access. <\/p>\n<p>Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar was named in the lawsuit because of his interpretation of a law that mandates a candidate must have a solidified running mate in their petition to run for office. The interpretation would require the Kennedy campaign, which has vowed to be on the ballot in all 50 states, to start over with its petition in Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a clear case for the federal court to apply the doctrine of equitable estoppel to prohibit the Secretary of State from changing his mind after providing binding statutory instruction upon which the campaign properly relied to our detriment,\u201d Kennedy campaign senior counsel Paul Rossi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe court must prohibit what was either rank incompetence or partisan political gamesmanship by the Secretary from invalidating petition signatures afforded the highest First Amendment protection by the United States Supreme Court,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy\u2019s lawsuit is seeking an emergency injunction to block the enforcement of Aguilar\u2019s interpretation of Nevada\u2019s ballot laws for third-party candidates. The lawsuit argues that Nevada\u2019s \u201cambiguous and conflicting\u201d ballot rules are unconstitutional, as they place different standards on third-party candidates than they do for mainstream candidates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNevada has a rich history of independent and third party candidates for office. Each of those candidates managed to attain ballot access by following the law. We look forward to seeing Mr. Kennedy\u2019s team in court,\u201d Aguilar said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/thenevadaindependent.com\/article\/independent-candidate-rfk-jr-suing-nevada-over-access-to-2024-ballot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>statement<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, without yet listing a running mate, the Kennedy campaign received approval from state officials to appear on the ballot, something the state has since called an \u201cerror.\u201d\u00a0The campaign has since announced Nicole Shanahan as Kennedy\u2019s running mate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The campaign also said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/24725472-screenshot-2024-06-03-at-102007-am?responsive=1&#038;title=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>petition form<\/a> \u201cprovides only a single line for a single candidate.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.8newsnow.com\/news\/local-news\/biden-trump-close-in-nevada-6-other-swing-states-kennedy-candidacy-hurts-biden-poll-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>late-April poll<\/a> in Nevada showed Kennedy garnering 7.7% of the state\u2019s support, with former President Donald Trump maintaining an edge over President Joe Biden in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-sidney-powell-witness-whom-ny-times-described-as-always-the-smartest-person-in-the-room-concludes-hundreds-of-thousands-of-votes-transferred-from-trump-to-biden-in-all-battleground-states\/\" title=\"HUGE! Sidney Powell Witness Whom NY Times Described as \"Always the Smartest Person in the Room\" Concludes Hundreds of Thousands of Votes Transferred from Trump to Biden IN ALL BATTLEGROUND STATES\">key battleground state<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sued Nevada&#8217;s secretary of state over ballot access laws. The lawsuit challenges Secretary Francisco Aguilar&#8217;s interpretation, focusing on the requirement for a confirmed running mate in candidate petitions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2259002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/rfk-jr-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2259001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/rfk-jr-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2259001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2259002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2259001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2259001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2259001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}