The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name will remain on the state's presidential ballot, upholding a lower court ruling that candidates can only be removed from the ballot if they die.
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 's name will remain on the state's presidential ballot, upholding a lower court's ruling that candidates can only be removed from the ballot if they die.
The decision came after more than 418,000 absentee ballots have already been sent to voters. As of Thursday, nearly 28,000 had been returned, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Kennedy filed a lawsuit in Wisconsin on Sept. 3 seeking a court order removing him from the ballot. He argued that third-party candidates are discriminated against because state law treats them differently than Republicans and Democrats running for president.
Dane County Circuit Judge Stephen Ehlke ruled Sept. 16 that Wisconsin law clearly states that once candidates file valid nomination papers, they remain on the ballot unless they die. The judge added that many election clerks had already sent ballots out for printing with Kennedy’s name on them. Clerks had until Thursday to get ballots to voters who had requested them.
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