The clock is ticking on an appeal that aims to honor former independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s wishes to have his name removed from swing state Wisconsin’s general election ballot — as the Democratic National Committee plays political games for electoral advantage.
Attorneys representing RFK Jr. have appealed Monday’s ruling in Dane County Circuit Court. The lower court judge agreed with the Wisconsin Elections Commission’s previous 5-1 ruling that the ex-candidate must remain on November’s ballot.
Dane County Judge Stephen Ehlke found state law bars candidates from exiting the race after they’ve filed nomination papers. Ehlke said there are no exceptions.
“However, courts are required to apply the law as written, not as some party wishes it were written,” Ehlke said, according to a story in the leftist Wisconsin Examiner.
Overseas ballots are expected to begin being sent out tomorrow morning, so much hinges on the appeals court’s decision on the petition seeking an injunction.
RFK Jr.’s appeal before the Second District Court of Appeals in Waukesha asserts the former candidate is being treated differently, and unconstitutionally so — in the pursuit of Democrat Party political games.
The scion of America’s famous Kennedy family suspended his presidential campaign last month and endorsed former president and GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. Kennedy believes — and Democrats know — that having his name on the ballot could take critical votes away from Trump, particularly in battleground states like Wisconsin.
The original motion to appeal, filed last week, argues that RFK Jr.
