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Wisconsin officials ask state Supreme Court to decide if RFK Jr. stays on ballot

Sep. 19, 2024 17:21 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Election officials in Wisconsin asked the state’s liberal-controlled Supreme Court on Thursday to decide whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’s name should stay on the presidential ballot before there's an appellate ruling. Kennedy has been trying to get his...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is being investigated for collecting dead whale

Sep. 19, 2024 13:07 PM EDT

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A federal law enforcement agency confirmed it's opened an investigation into Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after he allegedly cut off the head of a dead whale and took it home two decades ago. The former independent presidential candidate disclosed the investigation...

Judge rules Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name will stay on Wisconsin ballot

Sep. 16, 2024 18:24 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge denied Robert F. Kennedy's request Monday to erase his name from the presidential ballot in swing state Wisconsin, ruling that state law requires candidates to remain on the ballot unless they die. Dane County Circuit Judge Stephen Ehlke's decision...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. becomes a frequent campaigner for Donald Trump

Sep. 16, 2024 00:27 AM EDT

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Three weeks after dropping his independent presidential campaign, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has become a ubiquitous campaigner for Donald Trump, urging his own loyal followers to cast their lot with the former president who said he'd give Kennedy a job if he returns to the...

North Carolina's absentee ballot release was delayed by RFK Jr. ruling, but will begin next week

Sep. 13, 2024 18:21 PM EDT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's first absentee ballots for the November election will now be distributed starting late next week, the State Board of Elections announced Friday, days after appeals court judges prevented original ballots containing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name from being...

Election Day is less than 2 months away. The first mail ballots have already gone out to voters

Sep. 11, 2024 18:39 PM EDT

It might feel like the presidential election is still a long way off. It’s not. Election Day on Nov. 5 is less than two months away, and major dates, events and political developments will make it fly by. The first mail ballots of the general election were sent out...

The first general election ballots are going in the mail as the presidential contest nears

Sep. 11, 2024 06:43 AM EDT

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The first general election ballots for the presidential race are going out Wednesday as Alabama officials begin mailing them to absentee voters with the Nov. 5 contest less than two months away. North Carolina had been scheduled to start sending absentee...

RFK Jr. wins effort to leave ballot in North Carolina, but stays on in Michigan

Sep. 09, 2024 23:31 PM EDT

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The highest courts in two states ruled differently Monday on efforts by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be removed from their presidential ballots, with a divided North Carolina Supreme Court affirming he should be omitted and the Michigan Supreme Court reversing a lower court...

RFK Jr. notches wins in North Carolina and Michigan in his effort to get off ballots

Sep. 06, 2024 20:25 PM EDT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. scored a pair of legal victories Friday in the battleground states of North Carolina and Michigan, and a setback in Wisconsin, in his quest to get his name off of the ballots in some states after he suspended his campaign and endorsed former President...

North Carolina judge rejects RFK Jr.'s request to remove his name from state ballots

Sep. 05, 2024 19:33 PM EDT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina judge refused to take Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name off presidential ballots in the battleground state on Thursday, a day before the first batches of November absentee ballots are slated to be sent to registered voters who requested them. ...