By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-28 11:57:06 | Updated at 2024-09-30 13:19:42
2 days ago
Robert F. Kennedy's name to stay on November ballot, Wisconsin Supreme Court rules
WiscNews ^ | 09/27/2024 | Mitchell Schmidt
Posted on 09/27/2024 9:41:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
What does it take to get off Wisconsin's ballot? You have one option
Robert F. Kennedy’s name will stay on Wisconsin’s presidential election ballot, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday, ending the former independent presidential candidate’s hopes of not competing with former President Donald Trump in the battleground state in November.
In a unanimous decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court dismissed Kennedy’s lawsuit, which he filed in August against the Wisconsin Elections Commission. The lawsuit sought to either remove his name from the ballot or require clerks to place a sticker on each ballot to cover it up.
In an unsigned ruling, the court decided the case on the narrow grounds that Kennedy failed to demonstrate the Dane County Circuit Court judge who first considered the case erred in ruling last month that it was simply too late for Kennedy to have his name removed from the ballot.
“We emphasize that we are not making any legal determinations on our own regarding the claims made by Kennedy and we are not agreeing with the circuit court’s legal conclusions on those claims,” the decision states. “We simply are unable to make such determinations, given the inadequate briefing presented to us.
“Consequently, because there is no basis in this appeal on which we could determine that the circuit court erroneously exercised its discretion, we must affirm the circuit court’s order denying Kennedy’s motion for a temporary injunction,” the court concluded.
Chief Justice Annette Ziegler and Justice Rebecca Bradley, both conservatives, concurred with the decision, with Bradley noting that Kennedy’s “constitutional arguments are insufficiently developed.” But Bradley also criticized the tight timeline Kennedy faced in appealing the elections commission’s decision and decried the potential ramifications of putting a noncandidate’s name before voters in November.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
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They also said:
“Voters may cast their ballots in favor of a candidate who withdrew his candidacy, thereby losing their right to cast a meaningful vote,” Bradley continued. “Ballots listing a non-candidate mislead voters and may skew a presidential election. In this case, the damage to voter participation in electoral democracy is real.”
1 posted on 09/27/2024 9:41:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
To: SeekAndFind
A Liberal Court rules a liberal opinion no shit.
2 posted on 09/27/2024 9:44:20 PM PDT by Lod881019
To: SeekAndFind
Why isn’t Biden’s name on the ballot then. He won the primaries.
3 posted on 09/27/2024 9:46:36 PM PDT by DaiHuy (I support LGBTQ. (Lets Get Biden to Quit.))
To: SeekAndFind
IOW: “this is going to hurt but suck it up anyway”.
4 posted on 09/27/2024 9:47:54 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
To: SeekAndFind
He’s on the Kansas ballot as well.
5 posted on 09/27/2024 10:13:26 PM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
This isn’t a bad thing. RFK’s constituency will less likely vote for Harris.
6 posted on 09/27/2024 10:31:10 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist! )
To: DaiHuy
That’s true, and members of his own party staged a coup d’etat against him.
7 posted on 09/27/2024 11:38:55 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: SeekAndFind
This is like watching the refs officiating a chiefs game.
8 posted on 09/28/2024 2:25:23 AM PDT by Mustangman
To: SeekAndFind
I’m not sure if will help the Democrats all that much. It won’t siphon votes from Trump in a way that will hurt him but it might damage Kamala’s vote counts. A lot of Dems don’t like Kamala.
9 posted on 09/28/2024 2:35:49 AM PDT by mdmathis6 (A horrible historic indictment: Biden Democrats plunging the world into war to hide their crimes!)
To: Mustangman
LOL
or Dallas!!
Offensive player has his head ripped off and gets penalized for grabbing the helmet when ne came nowhere NEAR IT.
The reply was obvious.
NFL is a crime family.
But go Jets :)
10 posted on 09/28/2024 3:03:43 AM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
To: SeekAndFind
Election fraud...pure and simple. And the Rats don’t even try to hide it!
11 posted on 09/28/2024 4:16:27 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
To: SeekAndFind
The “Liberals-packed” Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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