Absentee and eligible military and overseas ballots are slated to go out Friday to those who requested them. All of North Carolina's 100 counties are on track to meet the Sept. 20 deadline, according to a spokesman for the North Carolina State Election Board.
The North Carolina Supreme Court has split, 4-3, in determining that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will not appear on the state’s election ballot as a presidential candidate. Republican Justice Richard Dietz and the court’s two Democrats dissented.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections is asking the state Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling removing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name from the state’s election ballot. State board lawyers filed paperwork with the high court Friday afternoon, hours after a unanimous three-judge state Appeals Court panel ruled in Kennedy’s favor.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has issued an order blocking state elections officials from sending absentee ballots with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name as a presidential candidate. A unanimous three-judge appellate panel issued the ruling Friday morning. Court rules will keep the participating judges’ names secret for 90 days.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s lawyers filed paperwork at 10:22 p.m. Thursday asking the North Carolina Court of Appeals to step into a legal dispute over Kennedy’s name appearing on the state’s election ballot. Friday marks the day election officials are scheduled to start mailing absentee ballots to voters.
Kennedy's lawyers said they would immediately appeal, and the judge agreed to stay her order for 24 hours. It's now unclear if the State Board of Elections will be able to begin distributing ballots on Friday.
A hearing is scheduled Thursday morning in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s lawsuit to force state elections officials to remove his name from North Carolina’s ballot. Superior Court Judge Becky Holt will hold the hearing in Wake County Superior Court.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed suit Friday to have his name removed from North Carolina’s election ballot. Kennedy went to court a day after the State Board of Elections voted 3-2 to reject his request to drop his name from the list of presidential candidates.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) voted 3-2 against a motion to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name from the ballot for the upcoming Nov. 5 election at an emergency meeting Thursday.
A Wake County judge has issued an order formalizing his decision to keep the We the People Party on North Carolina’s election ballot. The North Carolina Democratic Party had filed suit trying to block the new party tied to presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
A Wake County Superior Court judge has denied the North Carolina Democratic Party’s request for an emergency injunction to keep the We the People Party off North Carolina’s ballot. Judge Keith Gregory, a Democrat, announced the decision Monday after listening to nearly 90 minutes of arguments.
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