The former presidential candidate’s case to remove his name from the general election ballot will be heard by the appeals court. Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been granted an appeal by a three-judge panel in North Carolina to halt the mailing of absentee ballots with his name on them. The panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals voted unanimously to allow Kennedy’s appeal to move forward and stop the distribution of ballots with his name on them. The order came just before the state was set to begin mailing out ballots at noon. Kennedy’s attorneys argued that he had followed all legal requirements and deadlines to remove his name from the general election ballot, but the North Carolina State Board of Elections denied his requests. They claimed that the board had inserted their own subjective standard in denying Kennedy’s requests. Kennedy’s lawyers also stated that he would be irreparably harmed and that his First Amendment rights would be violated if he were denied an appeal. The legal battle in North Carolina is not the first Kennedy has faced this election cycle. He recently defended his access to the ballot under the We The People Party but later suspended his campaign to support the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump. The state was initially set to kick off early voting for the upcoming election, but it is now uncertain when voters will receive their ballots due to the court’s order. The North Carolina State Board of Elections is reviewing the order and deciding whether to appeal the ruling.
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North Carolina Court Halts Mailing of Absentee Ballots, Grants RFK Jr.’s Appeal
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