{"id":2332077,"date":"2024-08-27T19:38:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T23:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-clock-runs-out-on-rfk-jr-to-help-trump-in-key-swing-states-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T19:40:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T23:40:00","slug":"the-clock-runs-out-on-rfk-jr-to-help-trump-in-key-swing-states-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-clock-runs-out-on-rfk-jr-to-help-trump-in-key-swing-states-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"The clock runs out on RFK Jr. to help Trump in key swing states &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fthe-clock-runs-out-on-rfk-jr-to-help-trump-in-key-swing-states-washington-examiner%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=2332077&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>The article \u200bdiscusses Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&#8217;s ongoing presence on ballots in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-more-votes-than-voters-in-key-swing-states\/\" title=\"Trump: More Votes Than Voters in Key Swing States\">key swing states<\/a> for the upcoming\u2062 election, despite his recent decision to suspend his independent campaign and\u200c endorse former President Donald \u200dTrump. Kennedy had initially intended to withdraw\u2063 his name from ballots \u200bin\u2063 battleground\u2064 states, proclaiming that his candidacy could act as\u200c a spoiler for Trump. However, legal barriers have hindered his ability to\u2062 successfully\u2062 remove himself from the ballots. \u2063States\u200b like Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada, and North \u200cCarolina have confirmed that it is too late to change the\u2064 ballot \u200boptions due to various election laws and deadlines. Kennedy&#8217;s\u200c campaign, which has been active since last October to secure ballot access, now \u200bfaces complications\u2062 as early voting approaches. Election officials point out \u2063that had Kennedy acted earlier, he might have \u2062been able \u2063to withdraw his candidacy more effectively.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">RFK Jr. will remain on the ballot in key swing states despite effort to help Trump<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1739132\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>With 70 days until the general election, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> is unable to withdraw his name from some swing states after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\">he suspended his campaign<\/a> as an independent last week and endorsed former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"President Donald Trump\">President Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Last week, Kennedy claimed he would be removing his name from the ballot in swing states where his candidacy could be problematic for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In about 10 battleground states where my presence would be a spoiler, I&rsquo;m going to remove my name, and I&rsquo;ve already started that process and urge voters not to vote for me,&rdquo; Kennedy said last Friday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, in some states, election laws are standing in the way and Kennedy is not able to successfully withdraw his name from the ballots. The Wisconsin Elections Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wisconsin-robert-kennedy-cornel-west-jill-stein-3cef5d4716e7650a1a113d7ebc45d6cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>voted Tuesday<\/a> to keep Kennedy on the ballot despite his requests to be removed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He is currently on the ballot in several states, including three tightly contested states: Michigan, Nevada, and North Carolina. In all three states, election officials have confirmed that it&rsquo;s too late to change the ballot.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Michigan election officials denied Kennedy&rsquo;s petition to have his name removed from the state&rsquo;s November ballots. &ldquo;Minor party candidates cannot withdraw, so his name will remain on the ballot in the November election,&rdquo; Cheri Hardmon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-was-ugandan-president-yoweri-museveni-airlifted-to-germany\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Was Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni \u2018Airlifted To Germany\u2019?\">senior press secretary<\/a> for Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/08\/27\/michigan-rfk-jr-ballot-2024-trump?utm_campaign=editorial&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/08\/27\/michigan-rfk-jr-ballot-2024-trump?utm_campaign=editorial&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Axios<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leg.state.nv.us\/nrs\/nrs-293.html#NRS293Sec202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nevada state law<\/a> says a request for candidate withdrawal must come seven business days after the filing deadline, which was Aug. 9. In addition, Kennedy is already on ballots being printed in North Carolina in more than 30 counties, and it&rsquo;s unlikely he&rsquo;ll manage to secure his removal before early voting begins on Sept. 6.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While deadlines vary in states, the later a candidate waits to withdraw, the more likely it is he\/she would remain on the ballot,&rdquo; said David Becker, executive director of the Center for Election Innovation &amp; Research, speaking with the <em>Washington Examiner.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If RFK, Jr. had wanted to remove himself from the ballot in all the states where he had qualified already, he should have withdrawn in July, which would have been safe, or earlier in August at the latest,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy opted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2455584\/rfk-jr-announces-switch-from-democratic-party-to-independent-for-2024-presidential-run\/\">run as an independent <\/a>last October and his campaign had spent a significant amount of time and money to secure ballot access as a third-party candidate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Before his announcement in Phoenix on Friday, Kennedy&rsquo;s campaign had touted they had enough signatures to appear on 47 ballots and officially had gained access in 22 states.<\/p>\n<p>The third-party candidate has so far been able to remove his name from the ballot in the key states of Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Ohio. He was also able to withdraw from Florida, Texas, and Georgia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, some experts believe he could serve as a spoiler for Trump in battleground states where his name will still appear. The last two elections were decided by a point or less in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mi-judge-orders-dem-sec-of-state-to-release-all-communications-with-dominion-facebook-apple-amazon-and-google\/\" title=\"MI Judge Orders Dem Sec of State To Release All Communications With Dominion, Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google\">critical swing states<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We know it won&rsquo;t be a huge number of votes that it impacts, but we know that even a small number of changes could bring absolute, wholesale changes in the election,&rdquo; said&nbsp;Casey Burgat, the director of the legislative affairs program at George Washington University.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s unclear how much his followers are listening to his endorsement and will take it without question or if they show up and see his name on the ballot, and they can&rsquo;t help but choose him,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;The reason they are pushing so hard to get him off the ballots is because they know it will make some difference and some difference may just be enough in some of these important states.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1739132\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1739132\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will stay on the ballot in important swing states, despite his attempts to assist Donald Trump. With just 70 days left until the general election, Kennedy cannot remove his name from ballots in certain swing states after he suspended his independent campaign and endorsed Trump last week. He had previously stated that he would withdraw from the ballot in battleground states where his candidacy might hinder Trump&#8217;s chances, saying, &#8220;In about 10 battleground states where my presence would be a spoiler, I\u2019m going to remove my name&#8230; and urge voters not to vote for me.&#8221; However, due to state election laws, he is unable to successfully withdraw in some areas. For instance, the Wisconsin Elections Commission decided on Tuesday to keep him on the ballot despite his requests for removal.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy remains listed on ballots across several states including Michigan, Nevada, and North Carolina\u2014three critical battlegrounds\u2014where election officials have confirmed it\u2019s too late for changes. In Michigan specifically, officials rejected Kennedy&#8217;s petition for removal by stating that minor party candidates cannot withdraw their names from ballots once filed.<\/p>\n<p>Nevada law requires withdrawal requests within seven business days of the filing deadline (which was August 9), while in North Carolina more than 30 counties are already printing ballots with Kennedy&#8217;s name included; thus it&#8217;s unlikely he&#8217;ll be able to secure a withdrawal before early voting starts on September 6.<\/p>\n<p>David Becker of the Center for Election Innovation &amp; Research noted that waiting too long makes it increasingly difficult for candidates like Kennedy to remove themselves from ballots: \u201cIf RFK Jr. had wanted to remove himself&#8230; he should have withdrawn in July or earlier August at the latest.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Kennedy initially ran as an independent last October and invested considerable resources into gaining access as a third-party candidate; prior to announcing his endorsement of Trump last Friday, his campaign claimed they had enough signatures for 47 ballots and secured access in 22 states. While he has successfully removed himself from ballots in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Ohio\u2014and also Florida Texas and Georgia\u2014some experts warn that he could still act as a spoiler against Trump due to remaining on other key state ballots.<\/p>\n<p>The previous two elections were decided by narrow margins in crucial swing states; even small shifts can lead to significant electoral outcomes according to Casey Burgat from George Washington University: \u201cWe know it won\u2019t be a huge number of votes that it impacts&#8230; but even minor changes could result in major differences.\u201d He added uncertainty about whether Kennedy&#8217;s supporters will heed his endorsement or simply choose him when they see him listed on their ballot: \u201cThe reason they are pushing so hard&#8230; is because they know it will make some difference.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2332078,"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\/08\/RFK-Jr-2024--scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32431,32458,32115,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2332077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2024-election","tag-rfk-jr","tag-swing-states","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/RFK-Jr-2024--scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332077","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\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2332077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2332078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2332077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2332077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2332077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}