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marmar

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Fri Sep 20, 2024, 08:35 AM Sep 20

Federal judge rejects RFK Jr. motion to remove name from Michigan ballot


Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has again been rejected in his effort to have his name removed from Michigan’s ballot this November.

The latest setback came Wednesday when U.S. District Court Judge Denise Page Hood declined to grant Kennedy’s request for a preliminary injunction to halt the printing of ballots with his name listed as the presidential nominee of the Natural Law Party.

“Defendant argues that the integrity of the electoral process is at stake,” she wrote in her 18-page order. “Reprinting ballots at this late hour would undoubtedly halt the voting process in Michigan and cause a burden to election officials.” ...............(more)

https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/federal-judge-rejects-rfk-jr-motion-to-remove-name-from-michigan-ballot/




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Federal judge rejects RFK Jr. motion to remove name from Michigan ballot (Original Post) marmar Sep 20 OP
The states do not owe him the cost of re-printing ballots just because he is a wind-blown flake Attilatheblond Sep 20 #1
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Attilatheblond

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1. The states do not owe him the cost of re-printing ballots just because he is a wind-blown flake
Fri Sep 20, 2024, 08:42 AM
Sep 20

The rules for getting on ballots are pretty easy to check, if one is not too busy grabbing and relocating road kill. Having the name Kennedy does not bestow special consideration in the necessities of deadlines for government administration
of election processes. He just ain't that special and it's way past time for him to learn that.

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