The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to rule on whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will remain on the ballot for the 2024 election after he filed a lawsuit on September 3 requesting to have his name removed.
Kennedy, who suspended his campaign and endorsed President Trump in August, has been petitioning states nationwide to strike his name from the list of candidates.
Kennedy successfully withdrew from the North Carolina ballot, while Michigan opted to keep him on. Republican strategists worry that Kennedy could siphon votes away from Donald Trump in key battleground states where his name remains.
Wisconsin's Supreme Court has pledged to make a decision “as expeditiously as possible” and will likely forgo oral arguments. A county court previously ruled that candidates must stay on the ballot unless they die. Lawyers for the Wisconsin Elections Commission revealed that absentee ballots, which include Kennedy’s name, have already been sent to voters.
When announcing his decision to suspend his campaign and back Trump, Kennedy cited concerns over free speech and the war in Ukraine as key motivators. “One of the two candidates has adopted these issues as his own to the point where he has asked to enlist me in his administration. I’m speaking, of course, of Donald Trump,” Kennedy said to his supporters.
