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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will not be appearing at the CNN debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
New reports say he won’t meet the debate’s voting access requirements.
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will reportedly not attend next week’s debate between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Washington Post reports that the former Democrat is unlikely to meet CNN’s strict voting access requirements by Thursday.
CNN noted in May that a candidate would need to “appear on the ballot in enough states to reach the 270 electoral vote threshold” needed to win the White House and qualify for the debate on June 27. The Post reports that Kennedy could currently secure 100 electoral votes, taking into account the states where he is certified, as well as other states such as California and Hawaii where CNN recognizes him as the presumptive nominee of the minor party.
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As of Wednesday, petitions had been submitted in about two dozen states, according to the Kennedy campaign’s online ballot access tracker, meaning that if all state petitions are officially certified, Kennedy will have 310 electoral votes.
But Kennedy has so far been certified on the ballot in five states, according to a Washington Post analysis of the campaign’s ballot access.
“While it’s not impossible for Kennedy to do so, it’s unlikely that any nominee other than Biden or Trump would meet these requirements,” CNN said in a weekend note.
“While it is not impossible for Kennedy, it is unlikely that any nominee other than Biden or Trump would meet these requirements,” CNN wrote in a memo over the weekend outlining the schedule for opening statements and commercial breaks.
CNN is not changing the terms: Candidates still need to receive at least 15 percent support in four polls and win enough state votes to secure 270 delegates to attend the forum, which will be moderated by Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.
Given time constraints, cable news networks largely gave up on a last-minute appearance by Kennedy, who has alleged without evidence that the candidate and journalists have rigged the rules against him.
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