Posted on 09/09/2024 7:36:58 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Monday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will remain on the battleground state's presidential ballot in November, reversing a ruling from a lower court that had agreed to remove him last week.
The high court's majority wrote in its order that Kennedy, who ended his independent White House bid last month and endorsed former President Donald Trump, did not point to a specific “source of law” that called on the state to take him off the ballot.
As a third-party presidential candidate, Kennedy had fought to secure ballot access in the key swing state, but sought to remove himself after dropping out in hopes of avoiding playing a spoiler role in the race between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. After Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, said it was too late to remove Kennedy from the ballot, he went to court in pursuit of his removal.
Kennedy’s legal efforts delayed the start of election officials sending out mail ballots on North Carolina, where he won an appeal to remove his name from the ballot. Michigan officials sought a speedy resolution as the state’s ballots must be printed soon in accordance with the law. Military and overseas ballots must be mailed by Sept. 21, with absentee ballots following shortly thereafter on Sept. 26.
In a blistering dissent, Michigan Supreme Court Justices David Viviano and Brian Zahra argued the decision will seek only to harden distrust in the electoral system by forcing voters to have to consider a candidate who is unwilling to serve if elected.
“The ballots printed as a result of the Court’s decision will have the potential to confuse the voters, distort their choices, and pervert the true popular will and affect the outcome of the election,” they wrote.
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Pray it works against Harris and not Trump.
If not, why?
*Legal terms/rulings please.
But the courts aren’t political right Robert’s?
And I assume it cannot be appealed to SCOTUS, despite the fact it is for a Federal office.
Any vote for him will take away from Trump.
With him off the ballot, people only have the dingbat or Trump.
This is not a democratic republic. It is an occupation regime. The citizens are not free or in charge of their futures.
Funny they had just enough time to change the ballots from Biden to Harris but not enough time to remove RFKj. It was what 1-2 days difference?
Why would Dems vote for a guy who didn’t want to be on the ballot? Seems unlikely that voters who vote for RFK would have voted for Trump.
It should work to Trump’s benefit since the TDS voters can still vote for RFK
We really shouldn’t argue the Feds must not interfere with the purging of the state voter rolls because that is a state issue and then argue the opposite in this state ballot preparation issue.
In both cases, people are voting for federal offices.
That’s the 64,000 dollar question. Why would they fight so hard to keep someone on the ballot who doesn’t want to be on it and is no longer running???
Trump should pay RFK to stump Michigan for the month of October as the Democrat option to Harris. If he has to stay on the ballot, he might as well campaign against her.
““The ballots printed as a result of the Court’s decision will have the potential to confuse the voters, distort their choices, and pervert the true popular will and affect the outcome of the election,” they wrote.”
“What? And that’s a bad thing?,” thought the majority.
It should work to Trump’s benefit since the TDS voters can still vote for RFK
Interesting point!
Won’t it siphon votes away from Trump? I suspect that’s the goal
Whether you cast it or not. From 2006, why Junior is still on the ballot...
Update: Is ‘vote flipping’ an e-voting problem or user error?
Pity we didn't pay attention.
The courts, including the Supremes, have been politicized and that has to be fixed!
Trump should drop a couple million dollars of Michigan campaign and TV ad funding on RFK.
Turn a judicial lemon into political lemonade.
Biden was never on the ballot. RFK Jr was nominated by a party and can only be taken off if that party agrees. They won’t because when he gets the necessary votes they get automatic ballot access and funding the next cycle. It was an agreed arrangement between an Independent candidate and a minor party codified in the Michigan state constitution. Let the voters decide.
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