Court Removes RFK From MI Ballot, Appeal Expected

The Detroit Free Press reports:

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s name should be removed from Michigan’s Nov. 5 presidential ballot, as Kennedy has requested, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Friday, overturning earlier decisions by a lower court judge and the Michigan Department of State.

An appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court is expected Friday, which is the date the Bureau of Elections has identified as the deadline for notifying local clerks of ballot changes.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, “had no basis to deny (Kennedy’s) request to withdraw his name from the ballot,” said a three-judge panel of the Michigan Court of Appeals.

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