The Supreme Court of North Carolina ruled Monday that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s name be stricken from ballots for November’s election, forcing them to be reprinted.
North Carolinians who requested them were supposed to start being mailed their ballots on Friday, marking one of the longest voting seasons in the country, but litigation over RFK, Jr.’s name remaining on the ballot after he dropped out and endorsed former President Donald Trump delayed the process.
After dropping out, Kennedy has been trying to help Trump in critical swing states. Depending on the political calculus of the state, he has been trying to remove his name from some ballots and remain on others.
“Our polling consistently showed that by staying on the ballot in the battleground states, I would likely hand the election over to the Democrats, with whom I disagree on the most existential issues,” Kennedy said of his strategy.
