WA Democratic Party pushing to keep Robert Kennedy Jr. off the ballot

The state Democratic Party wants presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. kept off ballots in Washington this November.

It contends the 4,181 signatures submitted by We the People in support of Kennedy’s nomination were not collected at a party convention as required by state law, making him ineligible to be one of voters’ choices.

Kennedy’s campaign website listed various events and locations, like the Olympia Farmers Market, where registered voters could sign nomination petitions but that doesn’t comport with the law’s requirement, Democratic Party lawyers argued in an Aug. 9 letter to Secretary of State Steve Hobbs.

“Simply gathering signatures does not constitute a convention,” they wrote.

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/08/12/wa-democratic-party-pushing-to-keep-robert-kennedy-jr-off-the-ballot/