On September 5, the Alaska Democratic Party sued the state elections office to remove Eric Hafner from the ballot as a candidate for U.S. House. See this story. The party claims he can’t serve if he is elected because he is in prison in another state.
Hafner’s ballot label is “Democrat”. Alaska has ranked choice voting, but apparently the Alaska Democratic Party feels Hafner’s presence on the ballot hurts the incumbent Democrat.
On September 6, a North Carolina State Appeals Court gave a tentative win to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., in his quest to remove his name from the ballot. The Court has not yet decided the issue, but it did order election officials not to send out ballots with Kennedy’s name.
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 But the Appeals Court said that restrictive law, saying Kennedy should have withdrawn in August, only applies to candidates for state office, not federal office.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.
This Washington Post story says that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., now encourages people in every state to vote for Donald Trump rather than Kennedy himself. It also shows that he is withdrawing in all the Trump-leaning states.
On September 5, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr removed his name from the Wyoming ballot. See this short news story.
Wyoming is as far away from being a swing state as any state in the nation, at least among Republican states. In 2020 Trump received his highest vote percentage (69.9%) in Wyoming.
