{"id":2334932,"date":"2024-08-31T18:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T22:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-sues-north-carolina-elections-board-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-31T18:51:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T22:51:34","slug":"rfk-jr-sues-north-carolina-elections-board-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-sues-north-carolina-elections-board-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. sues North Carolina elections board &#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\">20<\/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-north-carolina-elections-board-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=2334932&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>Robert F. \u200cKennedy Jr. has filed a lawsuit against North Carolina&#8217;s elections board after they\u2062 refused\u200d his request\u2063 to remove his name from the ballot in the state, which \u200bis considered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-launches-early-voting-initiative-in-new-york\/\" title=\"RNC starts early voting drive in NY.\">crucial\u2062 swing state<\/a> for\u2064 upcoming \u2064elections. The lawsuit, submitted in Wake \u200bCounty Superior Court, claims\u200b that the\u200b board&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/front-line-physician-suing-over-banned-covid-treatments-let-doctors-be-doctors\/\" title=\"Front Line Physician Suing Over Banned COVID Treatments: \u2018Let Doctors be Doctors\u2019\">decision violates<\/a> his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-trump-can-share-some-evidence-publicly-in-2020-election-case\/\" title=\"Judge allows Trump to publicly share evidence in 2020 election case.\">free\u200b speech rights<\/a> and accuses them of creating\u2062 an unnecessary issue. \u200bKennedy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-obama-set-the-legal-path-for-the-mar-a-lago-raid\/\" title=\"How Obama Set the Legal Path for the Mar-a-Lago Raid\">legal team argues<\/a> that by forcing him to remain on the \u2064ballot against his will, the board is\u200c compelling \u200chim \u2064to express views he does not support, thus infringing on his constitutional rights. This legal action \u2064follows a 3-2 vote by the elections board, \u2063primarily \u2062along party lines, denying his removal \u200brequest, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-shoots-down-hunter-bidens-bid-to-avoid-facing-gun-charges-in-person\/\" title=\"Judge denies Hunter Biden&#039;s request to avoid appearing in court for gun charges.\">citing logistical challenges<\/a> with ballots that have already been printed.  <\/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. sues North Carolina elections board after swing state refused to remove name from ballot<\/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_1742153\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> is suing <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>North Carolina<\/a>&rsquo;s board of <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>elections<\/a> after they refused to remove his name from the ballot in the pivotal swing state.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The lawsuit filed in Wake County Superior Court on Friday says the board&rsquo;s decision to deny Kenendy&rsquo;s request to remove his name from the ballot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/politics-government\/election\/article291741375.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"violates\">violates<\/a> his free speech rights and accuses the board of making an issue out of nothing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;By refusing to acknowledge Kennedy&rsquo;s statutory rights and entitlements, defendants have irreparably harmed him,&rdquo; the lawsuit said. &ldquo;Even worse, by forcing Kennedy to remain on the ballot against his will, defendants are compelling speech in violation of [the Constitution].&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thus to the extent NCSBE claims it is &lsquo;impractical&rsquo; to remove him from the ballot, it is an issue of NCSBE&rsquo;s own making,&rdquo; the lawsuit added.<\/p>\n<p>The legal move comes a day after North Carolina&rsquo;s board of elections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3139732\/north-carolina-swing-state-refuse-remove-rfk-jr-ballot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" voted\">voted<\/a> 3-2 to deny Kennedy&rsquo;s request to remove his name from the ballot. The board has a Democratic majority, and the vote was along party lines.<\/p>\n<p>According to the board&rsquo;s executive director, Karen Brinson, North Carolina has already printed 1.73 million ballots in over 60 counties, and special ballots have already been prepared for overseas military members and the disabled.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3132445\/rfk-jr-trump-endorsement-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"suspended\">suspended<\/a> his presidential campaign on Aug. 23 and endorsed former President Donald Trump. He pledged to remain on the ballots in states not likely to be competitive while removing his name from ballots in states that will be.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, that has not exactly gone as planned, with Michigan and Wisconsin also <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/4852718-michigan-wisconsin-decline-remove-robert-f-kennedy-jr-ballot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"denying \">denying<\/a> Kennedy&rsquo;s request to be removed from their respective ballots.<\/p>\n<p>Polling from the <em>Hill<\/em> and Decision Desk HQ <a href=\"https:\/\/elections2024.thehill.com\/national\/harris-trump-rfk-general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>shows<\/a> Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris tied in North Carolina at 48.1% in a head-to-head race. However, adding Kennedy&rsquo;s name takes support away from Trump, dropping him down to 43.5% and giving Harris 48.8%.<\/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_1742153\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1742153\"}});<\/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. has filed a lawsuit against North Carolina&#8217;s board of elections after they declined his request to have his name removed from the ballot in this crucial swing state. The lawsuit, submitted to Wake County Superior Court on Friday, argues that the board&#8217;s refusal infringes on his free speech rights and claims that the issue is being exaggerated by the board. It states, &#8220;By not recognizing Kennedy\u2019s legal rights and entitlements, the defendants have caused him irreparable harm.&#8221; Furthermore, it contends that by forcing him to stay on the ballot against his wishes, they are violating constitutional protections regarding compelled speech. The legal action follows a 3-2 vote by the elections board\u2014comprised mostly of Democrats\u2014that rejected Kennedy\u2019s request. According to Karen Brinson, executive director of the board, North Carolina has already printed 1.73 million ballots across more than 60 counties and prepared special ballots for overseas military personnel and individuals with disabilities. After suspending his presidential campaign on August 23 and endorsing former President Donald Trump, Kennedy indicated he would remain on ballots in non-competitive states while seeking removal from those in competitive ones; however, similar requests have been denied in Michigan and Wisconsin as well. Polls indicate a tie between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris at 48.1% each in North Carolina; however, including Kennedy&#8217;s name reduces Trump&#8217;s support to 43.5%, while Harris rises to 48.8%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2334933,"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":[6571,32258,32458],"class_list":["post-2334932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-elections","tag-north-carolina","tag-rfk-jr"],"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\/2334932","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\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2334932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2334933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2334932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2334932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2334932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}