On September 10, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. filed a federal lawsuit against the Michigan Secretary of State, seeking to remove his name from the ballot. The state courts had ruled he could not withdraw. Kennedy v Benson, e.d., 2:24cv-12375. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Denise R. Hood, a Clinton appointee.
Here is the Complaint.
When are ballots printed?
@Q Don’t know, but Michigan allows absentee voting 40 days before the election. That’s about 2 weeks from today.
North Carolina allowed 60 days, now reduced to “only” 55 – oh the horror! – because of RFK’s withdrawal.
https://notthebee.com/article/van-jones-says-removing-rfk-jr-from-ballots-in-michigan-is-voter-suppression-because-mail-in-ballots-will-only-go-out-55-days-early-instead-of-60
I think a candidate who seeks removal of his name from the Ballot should be required to petition for removal requiring 10 signatures against for every signature THEY SUBMITTED OR pay a fee of 10,000 dollars per signature they SUBMITTED
Why should voters be misled that people who no longer want the job still do? The idiocy of printing ballots is the only reason to even “need” ballot prequalification or permission to withdraw.
Absentee ballots are another scheme for more and greater fuckery. Find out how ballot harvesting actually works in practice some time. It makes elections an absolute farce.