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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suing North Carolina’s board of elections after they refused to remove his name from the ballot in the crucial swing state. The lawsuit, filed in Wake County Superior Court on Friday, argues that the board’s decision violates his free speech rights and accuses them of creating an unnecessary issue.
The lawsuit reads:
By refusing to acknowledge Kennedy’s statutory rights and entitlements, defendants have irreparably harmed him. Even worse, by forcing Kennedy to remain on the ballot against his will, defendants are compelling speech in violation of [the Constitution]… Thus to the extent NCSBE claims it is ‘impractical’ to remove him from the ballot, it is an issue of NCSBE’s own making.”
The lawsuit follows a 3-2 vote by North Carolina’s Board of Elections, which denied Kennedy’s request to remove his name from the ballot. The vote, split along party lines, comes after the state had already printed 1.73 million ballots across 60 counties, including special votes for overseas military members and the disabled, according to board executive director Karen Brinson.
BREAKING: RFK Jr. just filed an emergency lawsuit against the Democrat-controlled North Carolina Board of Elections to force them to take his name off the ballot after they refused to do so in an effort to sabotage his partnership with Trump
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Kennedy suspended his presidential campaign on August 23 and endorsed former President Donald Trump, intending to stay on ballots in non-competitive states and withdraw from crucial swing states. However, North Carolina, Michigan, and Wisconsin have denied his request to be removed from their ballots.
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