Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — who suspended his independent bid and endorsed former President Donald Trump last month — will be continuing his fight to have his name removed from Michigan’s presidential election ballot. A number of swing states have allowed Kennedy to remove his name from the ballot, while others, such as Michigan and Wisconsin, are attempting to force him to stay on.
This past Wednesday, Judge Denise Page Hood with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled against Kennedy’s request for a court order, claiming that it “would interrupt the election process because he no longer wants to participate.”
“Reprinting ballots at this late hour would undoubtedly halt the voting process in Michigan and cause a burden to election officials,” Hood, a Clinton appointee, wrote in her decision. She also noted that 90 percent of election ballots in Michigan have already been printed.
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On Friday, Kennedy informed the court that he would be appealing Hood’s decision to the Sixth Circuit of Appeals.
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled earlier this month, along partisan lines, that Kennedy should remain on the state’s ballot this fall. Michigan Secretary of