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Breaking! Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has gathered enough signatures to put him on ballot in Arizona and Georgia
CNN ^ | February 27, 2024 | Aaron Pellish

Posted on 02/27/2024 11:51:17 AM PST by Macho MAGA Man

CNN — The outside group supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential bid has gathered enough signatures to qualify Kennedy to appear on the ballot in two key battleground states in November, the group announced on Tuesday.

American Values 2024 said in a news release they have gathered the necessary signatures to secure ballot access for Kennedy in Arizona and Georgia, two states that helped President Joe Biden defeat former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election by very narrow margins.

“The grassroots energy and momentum give us more confidence than ever in our ability to knock out the remaining states on our list of states quickly,” PAC co-founder Tony Lyons said in a statement on Tuesday.

While Kennedy’s longshot bid is unlikely to garner enough support to win in November, his appearance on the ballot in pivotal swing states could reshuffle the electoral dynamics in a potential rematch between Biden and Trump. Biden defeated Trump by less than half a percentage point in both Arizona and Georgia in the 2020 election.

Kennedy is currently on the ballot in one state, Utah, and his campaign has gathered enough signatures to appear on the ballots in New Hampshire and Hawaii.

A New York Times/Siena College poll from October of registered voters in Arizona found Kennedy earning 26% support, with Biden and Trump earning 33% each. A similar poll of registered voters in Georgia showed Kennedy with 24%, trailing Trump at 36% with Biden at 29%.

The PAC says it will continue to run its own signature gathering operation in ten other states, including Michigan, a battleground state, and others with large signature requirement thresholds like Texas, California and New York.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arizona; dnc; gavinnewsom; georgia; independent; joebiden; rfkjr; rfkjrelection2024; thirdparty; trump
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To: mewzilla

There is a difference between what can be done and what will be done.

This is just my opinion—but I think that if the President Trump victory is large enough the Deep State will hold their fire—and wait to play dirty another dirty.

All of this is speculation—of course.

You gotta play the hands you are dealt—the best you can.

That is all we humans can do.


21 posted on 02/27/2024 12:37:07 PM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Ha Ha Ha ...

Suck it, Joe!


22 posted on 02/27/2024 12:38:15 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

and he’ll get 60% to Joes 30%

:)


23 posted on 02/27/2024 12:41:46 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Macho MAGA Man

But are they VERIFIED signatures? Just as it’s about who counts the votes, it’s also about who counts the signatures. Just ask LA about the signatures they submitted to recall that POS Gascon.


24 posted on 02/27/2024 12:42:16 PM PST by LizzieD
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I hope he stays out of California.


25 posted on 02/27/2024 12:43:53 PM PST by DownInFlames (p)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

He might take more votes from Trump than Biden. The Dems, IMO, will vote Biden, but independents and RINOS likely not. RFK JR gives then a choice if they are uncomfortable with Trump. And many are. And AZ and GA are states Trump cannot afford to lose.


26 posted on 02/27/2024 12:44:51 PM PST by xkaydet65
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To: DownInFlames

why?


27 posted on 02/27/2024 12:45:15 PM PST by wiseprince (Me)
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To: xkaydet65

See post 11.

The Democrats are terrified of RFK Jr.

That is not just talk.

They are doing something about it.


28 posted on 02/27/2024 12:48:05 PM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: cgbg

Was your bosses name Jim Phelps?


29 posted on 02/27/2024 12:51:24 PM PST by Fledermaus (Is it me, or all of a sudden have the buried trolls come out on FR like cicadas? It's all noise.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Trump supporters are far less likely to vote for RKjr because Trump supporters are much more informed and know what RKjr stands for. He is still a dimocrat with many dimocrat values.

Disaffected dimocrats who are fed up with brandon are more likely to vote RKjr as a protest vote.

I’m in Arizona and the last time McCain was on the ballot I voted for the libertarian. That’s what RKjr will be to dimocrats and some independents.


30 posted on 02/27/2024 12:53:23 PM PST by fightin kentuckian
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To: cgbg

If RFK were a patriot, he’d throw his weight behind Trump and devote his energy to focus on securing our elections.

RFK is NOT a patriot.


31 posted on 02/27/2024 12:55:11 PM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: HamiltonJay

I don’t think Biden will be nominated. He’s going to get out and I bet the date is set.


32 posted on 02/27/2024 12:56:21 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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To: fightin kentuckian

There are some Freepers here who are deeply mesmerized by the Kennedy Cult! The call of Camelot will entice them to vote for him.


33 posted on 02/27/2024 12:58:05 PM PST by Reily (!!)
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To: Fledermaus

“Jim Phelps”

Lol.

It is amazing what you can accomplish when you get the negative Nellies out of the room.

;-)

Actually we kept them in the room long enough to get a whiteboard full of reasons the project was impossible.

Those were the issues we knew we had to deal with.

Then we kicked them out of the room and brainstormed on how to deal with the issues.

We broke the project into bite sized pieces—assigned sub-teams to those tasks, got volunteers to lead the team and got weekly status reports.

Once a team had solved their problem they would help out any teams that were struggling.

It worked.

After you have done a few “impossible” things you get highly motivated to take on more.


34 posted on 02/27/2024 12:59:55 PM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: mewzilla

He’s a Kennedy, they’re patriotic about themselves!
They are their own cause!


35 posted on 02/27/2024 1:02:19 PM PST by Reily (!!)
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To: cgbg

I did something similar in hotels. We once had to turn 275 rooms in 4 hours.

Standard procedure would require dozens of people. I came up with a system where we did it with 18 hourly attendants and 5 managers.

I reverse engineered an assembly line.


36 posted on 02/27/2024 1:05:20 PM PST by Fledermaus (Is it me, or all of a sudden have the buried trolls come out on FR like cicadas? It's all noise.)
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To: Fledermaus

One anecdote about the “impossible” team.

From the whiteboard from the earliest days we had one item that we could not get done.

There was a powerful guy from another department in the organization who vehemently opposed it and had the clout to kill it.

We just left it on the white board....for eight years!

Then he retired.

We reassembled the old team, did all the work needed to implement the change—and then hit the new guy with a big package and asked him to sign it.

He looked it over and said “Ok, looks like you have thought this through. Where do I sign?”

He signed it and implemented it.

Then we told him the really good news. He had a new powerful ally for any future battles he needed to fight.


37 posted on 02/27/2024 1:11:24 PM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Betting odds are unchanged.

Either this was fully priced in or it doesn’t matter.


38 posted on 02/27/2024 1:18:57 PM PST by Freest Republican (This space for rent)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Anyone who would vote for President Trump will never vote for rfk, sorry biden lol


39 posted on 02/27/2024 1:19:41 PM PST by italianquaker
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Dems are so retarded, and enthralled with the Kennedy name, they’ll likely have no problem voting for him instead of any RAT on the ticket.


40 posted on 02/27/2024 1:21:31 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Fraud vitiates everything." - SCOTUS)
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