
RFK Jr. Campaign Gets Mixed News in Ballot Access Quest
Published on March 5, 2024
While a super PAC aligned with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. indicated on its website that it had collected enough signatures for the candidate to appear on the South Carolina ballot, a federal judge ruled that Mr. Kennedy’s campaign could not collect ballot signatures at Maine polling locations during the March 5 primary. In late February, Mr. Kennedy’s campaign sued Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows. Ms. Bellows, a Democrat, enforced the state’s restriction on candidates gathering ballot signatures at polling places when an election is being held for the same office that the candidate is pursuing. Mr. Kennedy’s campaign said that the decision violated the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause in the 14th Amendment....
