Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will reportedly now not be listed as a presidential candidate on the ballot in New York state after the Supreme Court declined to reinstate his name.
After lower courts determined that Kennedy’s Katonah, N.Y., address was not his fixed and permanent residence, the independent candidate was excluded from the state’s ballot.
His attorneys contended in court filings that his supporters in New York would be deprived of their right to vote for him if he were removed from the ballot.
They also noted that the lower courts did not determine that anyone was “misled.”
The emergency injunction that would have reinstated Kennedy on the state’s presidential ticket, despite the fact that the certification deadline had passed and absentee ballots had already been mailed out, was opposed by the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James, which is involved in the case.
Kennedy suspended his campaign last month and supported the White House bid of former President Trump.
Since that time, he has endeavored to have his name removed from the ballot in critical swing states while maintaining it in other states.
This action has resulted in a series of legal challenges.
The independent candidate’s appeal to the nation’s highest court is his first attempt to remain on the New York ballot; however, he is not the first candidate to do so.
The Green Party’s emergency request to reinstate its presidential candidate, Jill Stein, on Nevada’s ballot was denied by the Supreme Court earlier this month.
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