The Wisconsin Supreme Court docket rejected Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts to take away his identify from the state’s presidential poll in a Friday ruling.
Final week, the Supreme Court docket accepted Kennedy’s appeal in opposition to the Wisconsin Elections Fee, which final month mentioned the impartial candidate was to remain on the ballot.
Wisconsin’s highest courtroom pointed to a state legislation that forestalls impartial candidates who file nomination papers earlier than the Aug. 6 deadline from being faraway from the poll until they die. The state’s election fee citied the identical statue in its August determination.
Kennedy suspended his campaign in August and endorsed former President Trump. Since then, Kennedy launched authorized efforts to take away his identify from ballots in battleground states with the aim to spice up help for Trump.
The fits claimed the position of Kennedy’s identify on the poll would trigger hurt in some states, equivalent to Wisconsin and North Carolina. The previous presidential candidate additionally sought to maintain his identify on the poll in different states, equivalent to New York, for a similar cause.
Wisconsin circuit courtroom rulings mentioned Kennedy’s claims about his identify remaining on the poll inflicting hurt had been irrelevant as he “ought to have recognized” concerning the state legislation stopping his elimination.
On Friday, the Supreme Court docket refused to put Kennedy on the New York presidential poll after decrease courts discovered he falsely claimed residency within the Empire State.
In Friday’s courtroom order, the Wisconsin Supreme Court docket famous purging Kennedy’s identify from state ballots might inflict hurt on the general public, citing excessive prices related to reprinting ballots and logistical issues in conducting an election with ballots on which stickers had been positioned to obscure Kennedy’s identify, as he requested.
Vice President Harris narrowly leads Trump in swing states, together with Wisconsin, the place she leads 51 % to the previous president’s 48 %.
