Brianna Kraemer
Carolina Journal
Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has won legal battles in three different states amid an onslaught of challenges from Democrat-tied groups attempting to keep the third-party candidate off the ballot.
On Friday, the campaign touted victories against DNC challenges in Maine, New Jersey, and North Carolina, calling the partisan legal efforts “frivolous and often comical.” Groups aligned with the DNC, such as the super PAC Clear Choice Action, have filed challenges to prevent Kennedy from appearing on the presidential ticket in the lead-up to the November election.
The We the People party secured recognition as a political party in North Carolina following difficulties with the Democrat-majority State Board of Election. The party was ultimately approved, which enabled Kennedy to appear on the ballot as a presidential candidate.
However, the North Carolina Democratic Party sued the NCSBE and argued that RFK Jr. was really an independent candidate and should have obtained more signatures from voters.
Last week, a Wake County Superior Court judge denied the North Carolina Democratic Party’s request for an emergency injunction to keep the We the People Party off North Carolina’s ballot.
“We are pleased but not surprised by the court’s ruling,” said lead litigator and election law specialist Oliver Hall. “There was no basis for the North Carolina Democratic Party’s claims and their lawsuit was a transparent attempt to suppress voter choice in the state by blocking a party from the ballot despite its full compliance with all applicable requirements. The court got it right.”
The Kennedy-Shanahan ticket is officially on the ballot in 22 states, has submitted its signatures in 18 states, and has collected enough signatures for ballot access in 6 states.
“As the Kennedy campaign racks up ballot access victories nationwide — submitting two, three, and even four times the number of signatures required to qualify in each state — the DNC is pouring millions into a lawfare campaign against Kennedy, resorting to frivolous and often comical legal efforts to stop voters from electing him as president,” a press release states. “The campaign has won legal victories in Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Utah. It has defeated every legal challenge against it except for a partisan ruling in New York’s lower court this week, which it intends to overturn with an appeal that was filed Wednesday.”
This week, Kennedy clarified that he has no plan to endorse the presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. He said he does, however, have a plan to defeat her.
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