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In New York major party candidates automatically appear on the ballot, but minor party candidates must collect 45,000 voter signatures by petition in order to qualify. Kennedy, who has withdrawn from the race and backed Donald Trump, gathered more than 100,000 valid signatures.

Supreme Court rejects RFK Jr's appeal to be put on the New York ballot
Supreme Court rejects RFK Jr's appeal to be put on the New York ballot

In New York major party candidates automatically appear on the ballot, but minor party candidates must collect 45,000 voter signatures by petition in order to qualify. Kennedy, who has withdrawn from the race and backed Donald Trump, gathered more than 100,000 valid signatures.

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Ggregorydoodles.bsky.social

Fuck Kennedy!

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SEgojira65.bsky.social

Um, kinda buried the fact that he was disqualified from being in the ballot, not because of how many signatures he collected, but because...he doesn't actually live at the address he used!

But multiple individuals with ties to the Democratic party challenged Kennedy’s addition to the ballot, and two New York state courts ordered Kennedy removed from the ballot, finding that he used an invalid address on the nominating petition.

Under New York’s election law, minor party candidates must include their “place of residence” on the petition. And the candidate’s residence must be the “fixed, permanent and principal home” to which the candidate “always intends to return.”

Kennedy, however, did not use the address where he lives with his wife in Los Angeles. Instead he used the address where he rents a room from a childhood friend in New York. Although he is registered to vote at the New York address, he concedes he has stayed there overnight on only "one occasion.” Although Kennedy asserted that he always intended to return to the Empire State after his wife’s “Hollywood career is over,” the New York appellate division ruled that the New York room Kennedy rents was not his “f
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CFcornstarch.bsky.social

"But multiple individuals with ties to the Democratic party challenged Kennedy’s addition to the ballot, and two New York state courts ordered Kennedy removed from the ballot, finding that he used an invalid address on the nominating petition."

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Ttwittery.bsky.social

Why are you misleading readers?

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TLsunenergy.bsky.social

Am I missing something? If he had withdrawn from the race then why is he suing to have his name added to the ballot? Perhaps he thinks it will aid Trump? He is an unusual man.

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Rramshornstudios.com

This headline sucks, NPR. State plainly why he was disqualified.

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SOskinstench.bsky.social

NY, the fuck are you doing? Y'all want the old fascist to win? (The answer is "probably, that'd make sense with how they act")

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Aamericanitis666.bsky.social

Olivia Nuzzi is impressed by his stamina

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AFafast.bsky.social

Very strange….Reading the headline and article you wouldn’t learn that in some states he is suing to stay on the ballot while in others he sues to be removed from the ballot.

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