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BumRushDaShow

(142,446 posts)
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 03:00 AM Oct 26

RFK Jr. asks Supreme Court to get him off Michigan's ballots after they've been printed

Source: USA Today

Published 5:02 p.m. ET Oct. 25, 2024 | Updated 5:02 p.m. ET Oct. 25, 2024


WASHINGTON – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has asked the Supreme Court to take him off Michigan’s presidential ballot despite lower courts’ rulings that it’s too late to make changes before the Nov. 5 election.

Kennedy’s emergency request was filed two days after he made a similar appeal to get off the ballot in Wisconsin, one of the six other swing states expected to decide the presidential race.

The Supreme Court has asked election officials in both Michigan and Wisconsin to respond by Monday afternoon.Kennedy ended his presidential campaign in August and endorsed former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee.

Since then, he’s sought to get his name off the ballot in competitive states to avoid taking votes away from Trump even as he unsuccessfully asked the Supreme Court to put him on the ballot in New York.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/25/rfk-jr-supreme-court-michigan-presidential-ballot/75847016007/

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RFK Jr. asks Supreme Court to get him off Michigan's ballots after they've been printed (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 26 OP
Good luck with that, Bob. I've already voted. catbyte Oct 26 #1
Nothing new DENVERPOPS Oct 26 #15
I voted too, but, to RFK's great relief, I didn't vote for him. JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 26 #22
He's always seeking two things: the limelight and another married woman wolfie001 Oct 26 #2
and a dead animal to put in his trunk RainCaster Oct 26 #10
Hahahahahahahahahaha not fooled Oct 26 #11
After his much-publicized Menace endorsement, moonscape Oct 26 #3
Deer* RFK Jr. GreenWave Oct 26 #4
RFK Jr. asks Supreme Court to get him off. twodogsbarking Oct 26 #5
I would bet he doesn't really care (probably loves his name on ballots) ToxMarz Oct 26 #6
I hope this means he thinks his votes will take away from Rump's mdbl Oct 26 #7
That's why he's trying to get off the WI and MI ballots BumRushDaShow Oct 26 #9
Maybe another reason for them for lawsuits AFTER the election?? bluestarone Oct 26 #8
Way too late DownriverDem Oct 26 #12
Why do I smell the Trump Campaign all over this? Botany Oct 26 #13
Oh that was all established BumRushDaShow Oct 26 #14
Trump getting "help" from Tulsi makes me happy Botany Oct 26 #16
She did his debate prep BumRushDaShow Oct 26 #17
And Trump's other help in prepping was Matt Gaetz Botany Oct 26 #18
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum BumRushDaShow Oct 26 #19
Another woman who would throw women underneath the bus Dem4life1234 Oct 26 #30
What a stupid fucko. Gaytano70 Oct 26 #20
Funny how quickly SCOTUS is responding to this nonsense but delayed Trump's decision. live love laugh Oct 26 #21
Oh come on, let's roll the dice and see if he gets any votes. twodogsbarking Oct 26 #23
He fought hard to get on the ballot, then now AFTER they've been printed, he wants off. 4lbs Oct 26 #24
the election has started. barbtries Oct 26 #25
Not gonna happen. States have rules and deadlines for being placed on, and taken off of, the ballot. Freethinker65 Oct 26 #26
What they really want Diraven Oct 26 #27
Lmao Smackdown2019 Oct 26 #28
Trump is going to use this to try to invalidate the election VMA131Marine Oct 26 #29
How did it go up to the SC that quick? Dem4life1234 Oct 26 #31

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,763 posts)
22. I voted too, but, to RFK's great relief, I didn't vote for him.
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 01:43 PM
Oct 26

He should be a hoot at the Kennedy family's Thanksgiving dinner table.

moonscape

(5,366 posts)
3. After his much-publicized Menace endorsement,
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 07:41 AM
Oct 26

I’ve not heard of him on the campaign trail at all. Has he been and I delightfully missed it?

ToxMarz

(2,247 posts)
6. I would bet he doesn't really care (probably loves his name on ballots)
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 08:44 AM
Oct 26

but his Uber lord is freaking out about anything and everything right now and issuing orders for everyone to run around with hair on fire missions.

DownriverDem

(6,648 posts)
12. Way too late
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 09:52 AM
Oct 26

Absentee/mail in/drop off has been going on. Early voting starts today. Michigan can't take his name off.

Botany

(72,494 posts)
13. Why do I smell the Trump Campaign all over this?
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 10:41 AM
Oct 26

Trump after he loses will contest the election’s results because he was hurt by
RFK Jr. being on the ballot. Hell, Trump might have put up the money to get
RFK Jr. on the ballot.



4lbs

(7,395 posts)
24. He fought hard to get on the ballot, then now AFTER they've been printed, he wants off.
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 07:09 PM
Oct 26

Sorry twit, doesn't work like that.

Freethinker65

(11,141 posts)
26. Not gonna happen. States have rules and deadlines for being placed on, and taken off of, the ballot.
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 07:20 PM
Oct 26

RFK would be tossed aside by Trump (should Trump somehow win, and that is a scarier thought than RFK having any batshit crazy conspiratorial nonsense say about science or medicine) like he did to Romney who was interested in the Secretary of State appointment.

Diraven

(1,048 posts)
27. What they really want
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 07:26 PM
Oct 26

Is for the SC to declare the Michigan vote invalid and so just award it to Trump. And if it ends up being the difference in Trump getting elected or not, the SC would totally find a way to justify that.

Smackdown2019

(1,260 posts)
28. Lmao
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 07:35 PM
Oct 26

1. Printing is not a magic wand.
2. Proofreading the new ballot is a must.
3. T - minus 8 days to voting.
4. The bear cells must be leaking into reason for Kennedy.

VMA131Marine

(4,650 posts)
29. Trump is going to use this to try to invalidate the election
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 08:23 PM
Oct 26

In those states where RFK jr wanted to be removed from the ballot. It’s obviously far too late for states to take him off now but Trump will argue it tainted the election if he loses.

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