I do not understand the courts’ desire to keep someone on the ballot who withdrew months before election day.
That is the fight that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. finds himself in right now.
Kennedy, however, has announced that he will appeal the court’s recent decision in Michigan to keep him on the ballot.
I’m Out
Kennedy and Biden withdrew from the race right around the same time, and nobody had a problem with replacing Biden with Harris, someone who did not receive a single primary vote in the Democrat Party primary race.
Kennedy withdrew just a few weeks later, but Michigan wants to keep him on the ballot solely because state officials know that he draws more votes from Trump than he does Harris.
Now, Kennedy, who had to fight to be on the ballot, is fighting just as hard to be removed from it.
In the latest ruling, Judge Denise Hood stated, “The harm incurred by Defendant, the Natural Law Party, and Michigan voters outweighs that felt by Plaintiff if he is prohibited from withdrawing.
“Plaintiff’s motion is denied.”
So, the judge here is basically saying that it is better to deceive voters by leaving Kennedy on the ballot even though he is no longer running.
Hood, of course, is a Democrat, appointed by Bill Clinton, so this outcome was predetermined, proving again we have activists on the bench, not real jurors.
Kennedy’s attorneys argued sending out ballots with Mr. Kennedy’s name cancels his statutory and constitutional rights,” adding that “his supporters will be left confused and potentially angry should they later learn that a vote cast for Mr. Kennedy in Michigan was an invalid, wasted vote.”
Kennedy will now appeal the case to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, but the damage here is already done as mail-in ballots are now likely to go out with Kennedy’s name.
Democrats love to talk about free and fair elections, but there is nothing fair about this decision.