On September 3, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. sued the Wisconsin Election Commission to remove his name from the ballot. The lawsuit argues that independent candidates are denied equal treatment, because party nominees have flexibility to withdraw as late as September, whereas independent candidates cannot withdraw after the August 6 filing deadline. The case is in state court in Dane County.
Eric Hafner, one of the four candidates who will be on the ballot for the Alaska U.S. House race, is currently living in a prison in another state. See this story.
On September 3, the Michigan Court of Claims rejected an attempt by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to remove himself from the ballot. He is listed as the Natural Law Party nominee in Michigan. Kennedy had filed the case on August 30.
Here is the opinion in Kennedy v Benson, 24-000138-MB. Thanks to John Smith for the link.
The Iowa Libertarian Party hopes to file a lawsuit today in state court, over last week’s exclusion of the party’s three U.S. House nominees from the ballot. See this story.
On September 3, USA Today/Suffolk released a presidential poll of likely voters that includes the nominees of the Democratic, Republican, Justice for All, Green, and Libertarian nominees. See it here. Scroll down to item ten.
