RFK Jr. Trying to Restore Name on New York Ballot

I have to admit that I did a double-take when I first read this report.

While fighting to have his name removed from multiple state ballots, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now fighting to have his name restored on the New York general election ballot.

Kennedy was initially declined due to issues with his paperwork to be included on the ballot.

Put Me Back On

Kennedy’s initial ballot request was declined due to residency issues on his paperwork.

Kennedy had listed his residency as a room he was renting, but the court declined his filing because this was not his fixed and permanent residence.

Kennedy’s attorneys argued, “The address on Kennedy’s petition was and is entirely immaterial — both to voters and to New York.”

According to the report on The Hill, the filing to have his name put back on the ballot was made by “Kennedy’s campaign; American Values 2024, a super PAC that was backing Kennedy’s campaign; and a voter who signed Kennedy’s petition to get on the ballot.”

Justice Sotomayor handles requests for New York, so I am not expecting Kennedy to have much success here.

To be quite honest, if he was successful, I would push back against it.

For weeks now, we have been arguing in favor of having Kennedy’s name removed from battleground states because he withdrew from the race in plenty of time.

Democrats want him on the ballot in those states because he draws more support away from Trump than he does Harris.

The only reason that Kennedy would have to want to be on the ballot is because he believes he is pulling support away from Harris in New York, so I would be a hypocrite if I suggested leaving him on the ballot in the state.

Free and fair elections… we lose the right to complain about Democrat tactics if we engage in the same tactics they are using to try to rig this election Harris’ favor.

My preference would be to beat them fair and square, and if they cheat, we call it out, but we cannot stoop to their level, especially with the way the media works these days.

Free and fair… that is all we are asking for here.

Something just occurred to me here…

Is this a strategic move by Kennedy? Does he want Sotomayor to rule against him so he can use that ruling in his appeals in states like Michigan that refuse to remove him from the ballot?

This may be a legal stroke of genius and not something shady, as I initially thought.

The good news is that we will have that answer in just a few days.