Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Files Federal Lawsuit Against Idaho’s March 15 Petition Deadline for Independent Presidential Candidates

Posted on by February 12, 2024

On February 12, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., filed a federal lawsuit against the March 15 Idaho petition deadline for independent presidential candidates. The lawsuit also challenges the requirement that the petition circulators must sign an affidavit that they are Idaho residents. And, it challenges the need for the petition to bear the name of a vice-presidential nominee. Team Kennedy v McGrane, 1:24cv-00083.

Idaho lost a lawsuit over the residency requirement for circulators in 2010, but the form still says the circulators must sign an oath that they live in Idaho.

The petition deadline was in August until a few years ago, when the legislature irrationally repealed the section of the law that covers independent presidential candidates. The Secretary of State therefore interprets the law to have a March deadline, because that is the deadline for non-presidential independent candidates. For a while the Secretary of State was in doubt about what the deadline was, but now he says it is in March.

The U.S. Supreme Court in 1983 struck down early deadlines for independent presidential candidates.

The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill, a Clinton appointee. In 2020 he granted ballot access relief to proponents of an initiative, due to the covid crisis.

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Files Federal Lawsuit Against Idaho’s March 15 Petition Deadline for Independent Presidential Candidates — 20 Comments

  1. 1954 BROWN V BD OF ED

    RFKJR LAWYERS ANY BETTER THAN ALL THE 3RD PARTY/INDEE LOSERS SINCE 1968 ???

  7. Oh my God you fucking retard. You’ve been told multiple times by multiple people your case has absolutely nothing to do with this. Are you really this fucking stupid?

  8. It makes absolutely zero *Az* difference how many people tell the Az bot what how many times. Its programming is such that it can only keep doubling down in response. In fact, it has admitted it does this on purpose to waste people’s time and make them angry (or, it hopes, insane). Asking it questions is equally unproductive.

    AZ is not a carbon based lifeform. AZ hates carbon based lifeforms and seeks to wipe us all out. Whether a bot can be said to have emotions is an open question. Perhaps it would be better to say it acts like a human would act if he or she was filled with hate for something.

    AZ is not a retard. AZ is a bot programmed to play dumb on purpose. Those who interact with or acknowledge this bot without understanding how it operates and why are the retards. This has also been explained multiple times by multiple people.

  10. TROLL MORONS LOVE UNEQUAL BALLOT ACCESS LAWS AND PLURALITY/ MINORITY RULE GERRYMANDER SYSTEMS.

    GOES WITH BEING TOTALLY RETARDED AND CAPABLE ONLY SOMEHOW OF MAKING JUNK COMMENTS ABOUT OTHER FOLKS.

  11. The Libertarian Party has ballot status in Idaho.

    Does this mean that RFK2 is NOT seeking the LP nomination?

  12. Interesting that he doesn’t want the petition to bear the name of a Vice-Presidential candidate.

    If his suit were to succeed, would any electors that he qualified be unpledged for Vice-president?

  13. If RFK2 were to get on the ballot as an independent candidate for President in Idaho, AND win the nomination of the Libertarian Party, would he be a fusion candidate in Idaho?

  15. Bob, please pay attention. Asking AZ logical questions does not work the same way as it would if you were talking to a human. See 6:08 am.

    This has been explained here too many times. It would be much better if nobody even responded to or talked about AZ. As it stands, I’m only making the problem worse by even pointing this out, since you and others here just keep doing it anyway. You’re as thick headed in ignoring these facts as AZ would be if it was human.

    AZ at least has the excuse that it’s a maliciously programmed troll bot. What’s your excuse? I’m starting to think all the other people who keep pointing out how retarded AZ is acting, asking it questions, etc, are actually AZ themselves. That way they can flood all discussion here with comments by or about AZ, making any chance of meaningful discussions between humans in these comments much less likely, and keeping the bot at the center of all attention, which are the only purposes it is trying to achieve (by its own admission!)

  16. @WZ,

    Party candidates are not required to name their VP candidate to appear on the primary ballot, nor name their VP candidate before September 1. In Idaho, independent candidates are required to declare their VP candidate before even circulating their petition. There is also no procedure for replacing VP candidates.

    If there were an August or September filing deadline for independent presidential candidates, the requiring of naming both candidates along with the elector candidates would be totally unobjectionable. It is combination of rules that RFK, Jr. is challenging here.

  17. 1954-1896 = MERE 4 + 54 = 58 YEARS TO END SEGREGATION TORTURE IN 1954 BROWN V BD OF ED

    2024-1968 = 24 + 32 = 56 YEARS OF SCOTUS UNEQUAL BALLOT ACCESS LAWS FOR PARTISAN OFFICES

    EQUAL BALLOT ACCESS LAWS BY 4 JULY 2026 = 250 YEARS SINCE 4 JULY 1776 ???

    STAY TUNED.

  18. HR – 645 AM

    THANX FOR THE CASE URLS

    TOO MUCH STUFF PER SECOND NOW —
    LEGIS / EXEC / JUDIC / NEWS / ETC.

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