{"id":2338069,"date":"2024-09-06T17:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T21:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-rules-rfk-jr-s-name-must-be-removed-just-before-mail-in-ballots-sent-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-06T17:07:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T21:07:09","slug":"north-carolina-rules-rfk-jr-s-name-must-be-removed-just-before-mail-in-ballots-sent-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-rules-rfk-jr-s-name-must-be-removed-just-before-mail-in-ballots-sent-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina rules RFK Jr.\u2019s name must be removed just before mail-in ballots sent &#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%2Fnorth-carolina-rules-rfk-jr-s-name-must-be-removed-just-before-mail-in-ballots-sent-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=2338069&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>A North Carolina court has ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&#8217;s name must be removed from the state ballot just before mail-in ballots were set to be dispatched. The North Carolina Court of Appeals \u2063directed election officials to withhold outgoing absentee ballots, leading to the decision to \u2063exclude Kennedy from the ballot. This ruling is particularly notable as it comes shortly after \u200dKennedy \u2063endorsed former President Donald Trump, with the intention of withdrawing his name \u2062from ballots \u2063in swing states \u200dto \u200bsupport \u2064Trump. The outcome could significantly affect\u200b the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kari-lakes-rumored-run-for-us-senate-everything-you-need-to-know\/\" title=\"Kari Lake&#039;s Potential Senate Run: What You Should Know\">election dynamics<\/a> in North Carolina, especially as the state \u200bhas become increasingly competitive following Vice President Kamala\u200d Harris&#8217;s\u200d nomination as the Democratic candidate. The ruling \u200boverturns a previous\u2064 decision made by Wake County.  <\/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\">North Carolina rules RFK Jr.&rsquo;s name must be removed just before mail-in ballots sent<\/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_1745042\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>North Carolina<\/a> court ruled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a>&lsquo;s name must be taken off the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">state&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s ballot this fall, right before mail-in ballots were due to be sent out.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The North Carolina Court of Appeals ordered state election officials to &ldquo;hold your out-going absentee ballots&rdquo; Friday as the battleground state geared up to send the requested forms to more than 130,000 North Carolinian voters.&nbsp;The court then decided to remove Kennedy&rsquo;s name from the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling will likely please former President Donald Trump, whom Kennedy recently endorsed. The former independent presidential candidate vowed to take his name off the ballot in swing states in order to assist Trump. The state initially resisted before an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/douglas-mackeys-meme-related-prison-sentence-halted-by-federal-court\/\" title=\"Federal Court Halts Douglas Mackey&#039;s Meme Sentence\">appeals court decided<\/a> against keeping his name on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>If Kennedy&rsquo;s voters defect to Trump&rsquo;s campaign in the state, the ruling could prove to be the difference in the swing state that has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-unlocks-fresh-payments-to-iran-totaling-billions\/\" title=\"Biden Unlocks Fresh Payments to Iran Totaling Billions\">grown increasingly close<\/a> since Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s nomination as the Democratic presidential candidate. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr. waves to the media outside the Nassau County Supreme Court in Mineola, New York, on Wednesday, Aug., 21, 2024. (AP Photo\/Stefan Jeremiah)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The decision in favor of Kennedy&rsquo;s request Friday overturned Wake County Superior Court Judge Rebecca Holt&rsquo;s ruling the previous day. Holt denied Kennedy&rsquo;s request to be removed from the ballot Thursday, saying the state would be harmed by the cost of reprinting ballots without his name on them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-federal-investigators-reveal-likely-reason-for-helicopter-crash-that-killed-kobe-bryant\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Federal Investigators Reveal Likely Reason For Helicopter Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant\">legal team argued<\/a> otherwise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The ensuing confusion from that &mdash; from individual voters going into the booth and looking at the ballot &hellip; outweighs any administrative inconvenience or concern that the state board has,&rdquo; Kennedy&rsquo;s lawyer, Phil Strach, said Thursday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy originally brought the lawsuit against North Carolina after the State Board of Elections&rsquo;s Democratic majority blocked his request to withdraw his candidacy in the swing state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina&rsquo;s 16 electoral votes are considered to be a critical part of the pathway to the presidency. The latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/north-carolina\/trump-vs-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>polling<\/a> shows former President Donald Trump in a dead heat with Vice President Kamala Harris to win North Carolina.<\/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_1745042\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1745042\"}});<\/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>A North Carolina court has mandated that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&#8217;s name be removed from the state&#8217;s ballot for the upcoming fall election, just as mail-in ballots were about to be distributed. The North Carolina Court of Appeals instructed state election officials on Friday to &#8220;hold your outgoing absentee ballots&#8221; as preparations were underway to send these forms to over 130,000 voters in the state. Following this order, the court decided that Kennedy&#8217;s name would not appear on the ballot. This ruling is likely favorable for former President Donald Trump, whom Kennedy recently endorsed; he had previously stated his intention to withdraw from ballots in swing states to support Trump&#8217;s campaign. Initially, state officials resisted this decision until an appeals court ruled against keeping Kennedy&#8217;s name on the ballot. If supporters of Kennedy shift their votes to Trump in North Carolina, this ruling could significantly impact a battleground state that has become increasingly competitive since Vice President Kamala Harris was nominated as the Democratic presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<p>The decision made on Friday reversed a prior ruling by Wake County Superior Court Judge Rebecca Holt, who had denied Kennedy&#8217;s request for removal just a day earlier due to concerns about the costs associated with reprinting ballots without his name. However, Kennedy\u2019s legal team argued that any confusion caused by voters seeing different names on their ballots outweighed any administrative issues raised by state officials.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy initiated legal action against North Carolina after being blocked by a Democratic majority on the State Board of Elections when he sought to withdraw his candidacy in this crucial swing state. With 16 electoral votes at stake, North Carolina is seen as vital for any presidential campaign; recent polls indicate a tight race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris for victory in this key state<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3419,"featured_media":2338070,"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\/Kennedy.--scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[39482,39540,32258,32458],"class_list":["post-2338069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-election-rules","tag-mail-in-ballots","tag-north-carolina","tag-rfk-jr"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kennedy.--scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338069","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\/3419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2338069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2338070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2338069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2338069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2338069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}