On September 6, the Michigan State Appeals Court reversed the lower court and construed Michigan law to let Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., withdraw from the ballot. Kennedy v Secretary of State, 372349. There is a law that has a restrictive and discriminatory deadline for minor parties to withdraw earlier than major parties. But the Appeals Court said that restrictive law, saying Kennedy should have withdrawn in August, only applies to candidates for state office, not federal office.
This article has a link at the bottom to the decision. It is possible the Secretary of State will ask the State Supreme Court to hear her appeal.
16 states successfully withdrawn at last count.
Is this going to harm the Natural Law Party?
The NLP doesn’t really have any values or convictions, much less policies they can get tied down on.
They have previously nominated for president, such diverse and colorful characters as John Hagelin (one of the Transcendental Meditation movement’s “Rajas of the Global Country of World Peace”), Ralph Nader (a flower-power trippy-hippy), Rocky Anderson (a socialist with political schizophrenia), Mimi Soltysik (an openly Trotskyite communist), Rocky de la Fuente (a guy who… just sort of exists), and now RFK (you know who that is :P).
I think they will be just fine – well, as “fine” as at any other time in there existence.
It won’t hurt their ability to qualify for future elections.
What an honor… To be able to refuse to run for office.
What are Democrats going to do from now on? Force random people onto the ballot against their wills?
Not a bad idea. Thanks!