{"id":2338309,"date":"2024-09-07T18:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T22:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-win-secretary-of-state-kept-rfk-jr-on-the-ballot-against-his-wishes-a-court-just-stopped-her\/"},"modified":"2024-09-07T18:31:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T22:31:50","slug":"trump-win-secretary-of-state-kept-rfk-jr-on-the-ballot-against-his-wishes-a-court-just-stopped-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-win-secretary-of-state-kept-rfk-jr-on-the-ballot-against-his-wishes-a-court-just-stopped-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Win: Secretary of State Kept RFK Jr. on the Ballot Against His Wishes &#8211; A Court Just Stopped Her"},"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\">40<\/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%2Ftrump-win-secretary-of-state-kept-rfk-jr-on-the-ballot-against-his-wishes-a-court-just-stopped-her%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=2338309&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.\u2062 Kennedy Jr.&#8217;s campaign has recently taken steps to remove his\u2064 name from ballots in various battleground states \u200bto benefit former President Donald Trump and not compromise his chances against Vice President\u200b Kamala Harris. He \u200dtargeted ten states for removal, but\u2062 faced \u2063resistance in \u2062Michigan, where the Secretary \u2062of State \u200dclaimed it was too late for him to \u200bwithdraw. On September 6, 2024, appellate courts in North Carolina and Michigan \u2063ruled\u200c in Kennedy&#8217;s favor, \u2062confirming his name \u2062must be removed from those\u200d states&#8217;\u200b ballots. Kennedy, nominated by\u200c the Natural Law Party, expressed \u200dthat his candidacy could detract \u200dvotes from Trump, potentially \u200dhanding \u200dthe election to Democrats, as had happened in historical \u2062contexts.\u2062 While Kennedy&#8217;s advancements in ballot removal are significant,\u2064 he continues to pursue similar legal actions \u200cin other states, indicating a contentious electoral \u2062battle.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>After his endorsement of former President Donald Trump in late August, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&rsquo;s campaign took the initiative to remove their former candidate from the ballot in several battleground states. His intent was obvious as keeping his name on the ballot would compromise Trump&rsquo;s chances of success and hand the election to Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy had ten states where he sought to do this, but because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-love-lie-house-dem-candidate-comes-clean-native-tongue-report-outs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats<\/a> fear an open and fair election, they&rsquo;ve tried to stop him.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/sep\/06\/north-carolina-rfk-state-ballot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardian<\/a> reports Friday two major victories for Kennedy as his name will be removed from the Michigan and North Carolina ballots.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, a North Carolina <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-churches-finally-got-help-from-scotus-and-it-was-a-huge-blow-to-gavin-newsom\/\" title=\"CA Churches Finally Got Help from SCOTUS and It Was a Huge Blow to Gavin Newsom\">appellate court<\/a> ruled Kennedy&rsquo;s name must be removed while an appellate court in Michigan made their ruling the same day.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy ran into opposition in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/michigan-officials-throw-wrench-rfk-jr-s-battleground-ballot-plan-boost-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his efforts with Michigan<\/a> as Michigan Democrat Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson&rsquo;s office said it was too late when he tried in late August.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Press secretary for Benson, Cheri Hardmon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/08\/27\/michigan-rfk-jr-ballot-2024-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said to Axios<\/a> on the matter, &ldquo;Minor party candidates cannot withdraw, so his name will remain on the ballot in the November election.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy was the official nominee of the Natural Law Party as their electors selected him at the party&rsquo;s convention earlier in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Political commentator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-benny-johnson-travels-delaware-discovers-biden-see-every-time-goes-vacation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benny Johnson<\/a> posted the conclusion from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-nukes-bidens-unlawful-student-loan-bailout-again\/\" title=\"SCOTUS Nukes Biden&#039;s Unlawful Student Loan Bailout \u2014 Again\">appellate court&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s ruling via X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;BREAKING: Michigan Appeals Court just ordered that RFK Jr&rsquo;s name be taken off the ballot in the state after Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson refused to <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fiNYVGlh6Y\">pic.twitter.com\/fiNYVGlh6Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1832105354731360613?\">September 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>FiveThirtyEight polling currently <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/president-general\/2024\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gives Harris the slight edge<\/a> over Trump in Michigan while their<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/president-general\/2024\/national\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> national polls<\/a> also put Harris ahead as of Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Per the Guardian, as Kennedy himself put it concerning his election prospects, staying in the race would, &ldquo;likely hand the election over to the Democrats.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Kennedy ticket would likely take votes away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chicago-mayor-points-blame-trump-voters-tax-hike-plan-crashes-burns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> if present on the same ballot as the Republican nominee.<\/p>\n<p>The election Kennedy and Trump hope to avoid has been played out before with disastrous results.<\/p>\n<p>With former President Theodore Roosevelt running as the Progressive Party candidate in 1912, Republicans were given a choice between a former Republican president now running on his own and the incumbent Republican, William Howard Taft.<\/p>\n<p>In that case, the Democrat candidate Woodrow Wilson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.270towin.com\/1912_Election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won an overwhelming electoral victory<\/a>, going on to have one of the worst presidencies in history.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Kennedy being removed seems like a given, but Democrats are not playing fairly, they are playing to win.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy is not totally finished as the Guardian reports he sued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-interaction-wisconsin-police-officers-triggers-touch-leftists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wisconsin<\/a> &ndash; another battleground state &ndash; on Wednesday to have his name removed there after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-blocked-hunter-laptop-story-after-intelligence-officials-shared-hack-rumors\/\" title=\"Twitter Blocked Hunter Laptop Story After Intelligence Officials Shared Hack \u2018Rumors\u2019\">election commission voted<\/a> to keep his name on.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats want the vote split; if that happens, Harris wins.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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Kennedy Jr.&#8217;s campaign moved to have his name removed from the ballot in several key states. The goal was clear: keeping his name on the ballot could jeopardize Trump&#8217;s chances and potentially allow Vice President Kamala Harris to win the election. Kennedy aimed to remove his candidacy from ten states, but Democrats opposed this move, fearing a fair election process. Recently, the Guardian reported that Kennedy achieved two significant victories as courts in Michigan and North Carolina ruled that his name must be taken off their ballots. A North Carolina appellate court made its decision on Friday, coinciding with a similar ruling from Michigan&#8217;s appellate court.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy faced challenges in Michigan when Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson&#8217;s office claimed it was too late for him to withdraw after he attempted to do so in late August. Benson\u2019s press secretary stated that minor party candidates cannot withdraw their names, meaning Kennedy would remain on the November ballot as he is officially nominated by the Natural Law Party.<\/p>\n<p>Political commentator Benny Johnson shared news of the appellate court&#8217;s decision via X (formerly Twitter). Current polling data from FiveThirtyEight shows Harris slightly leading Trump in Michigan and nationally as of Saturday. As Kennedy noted regarding his electoral chances, remaining in the race could &#8220;likely hand the election over to the Democrats.&#8221; His presence on the same ballot as Trump could siphon votes away from him.<\/p>\n<p>This scenario echoes past elections; for instance, Theodore Roosevelt\u2019s 1912 run as a Progressive Party candidate split Republican votes between himself and incumbent William Howard Taft, allowing Democrat Woodrow Wilson to secure a decisive victory\u2014one that led to one of history&#8217;s least favorable presidencies.<\/p>\n<p>While it seems likely that Kennedy will be removed from ballots this year due to Democratic strategies aimed at winning rather than fairness, he is not entirely out of contention; he has filed a lawsuit in Wisconsin\u2014a crucial battleground state\u2014after its election commission decided against removing him from their ballot. The Democrats appear intent on splitting votes; if they succeed, it would favor Harris\u2019s campaign<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2338310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture-2024-08-24T101926.064.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32458,35945,3634],"class_list":["post-2338309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-rfk-jr","tag-secretary-of-state","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture-2024-08-24T101926.064.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338309","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2338309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2338310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2338309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2338309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2338309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}