After dropping out of the battleground state's ballot, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suing the North Carolina State Board of Elections to remove his name from the state's ballot.
The lawsuit, filed Friday in Wake County Superior Court, comes after the board denied his request to have the ballot removed from the general election ballot, saying it would be impractical to reprint the ballot and meet the state's absentee voting deadline.
Kennedy's lawsuit alleges the commission denied him his statutory rights and entitlements and “caused him irreparable harm.” The News & Observer reported.
The lawsuit comes after Kennedy suspended campaigning in battleground states in favor of former President Trump, saying he would continue campaigning in most Republican and Democratic states but would pull out of battleground states where he thought he might take votes away from Trump.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections announced it was scheduling an emergency meeting to consider Kennedy's request to remove himself as a Populist Party candidate.
The committee's three Democrats overruled the two Republicans, deciding it was “too late to change course” to prepare the state for the November election.
Two key battleground states, Michigan and Wisconsin, also rejected calls to impeach Kennedy.
Kennedy's lawsuit argues that he followed the law and met the deadlines required to be removed from the ballot. He claims the commission knew he wanted to be removed but still told counties to start printing ballots. WRAL News reported.
As things stand, votes for Kennedy will be counted in the Nov. 5 election.
Hill contacted the Board of Elections.
