Posted on 09/09/2024 1:34:44 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
The Michigan Supreme Court on Monday ruled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. must stay on the state’s ballot even though he suspended his campaign.
RFK Jr. asked to be removed from ballots in ten key battleground states after he suspended his campaign last month.
RFK will stay on the ballot in states where his presence will hurt Kamala, and he will remove himself from ballots in states where his presence hurts Trump.
“In about 10 battleground states, where my presence would be a spoiler, I’m going to remove my name. And I’ve already started that process and urge voters not to vote for me,” RFK Jr. said.
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Last week the Michigan Court of Appeals removed RFK Jr. from the ballot, but Jocelyn Benson did not give up the fight.
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled 5 to 2 that RFK Jr. must remain on the state’s ballot.
Two of the justices blasted Jocelyn Benson in a dissent.
“The Secretary’s duty to maintain the integrity of Michigan elections includes an obligation to present actual candidates and associate them with the offices that they are seeking. By requiring Kennedy’s name to appear on the general election ballot, the Secretary of State is improperly and needlessly denying the electorate a choice between persons who are actual candidates willing to serve if elected. We can only hope that the Secretary’s misguided action—now sanctioned with the imprimatur of this Court—will not have national implications,” two justices wrote in a dissent, WXYZ reported.
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So how will Amy see this do you think?
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Pardon?
Amy?
Our squish supreme court associate justice.
AJ Barrett
Oh OK 👍
I wonder whether the justices went at each other with gavels during those deliberations.
I thought the votes are not proportional: winner takes all (electors). If A and B each get 30% of the vote and C gets 40%, then C gets 100% of the electors, no?
That’s true in most States. A couple (?) of States apportion the Electors by congressional district, with the overall State winner getting the remaining two Electors.
Thanks, good to know!
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