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RFK Jr. must remain on the Michigan ballot, judge says
A Michigan judge has ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. must remain on the presidential ballot, rejecting a request from the ex-third party candidate to remove his name.
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RFK Jr. must remain on the Michigan ballot, judge says
FILE - Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens before endorsing Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at the Desert Diamond Arena, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
BY ISABELLA VOLMERT
Updated 6:05 PM EDT, September 3, 2024
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. must remain on the November presidential ballot, dealing a blow to his crusade to strategically remove his ticket from the battleground state.
Kennedy suspended his campaign and endorsed former President Donald Trump in August. Since then, he has sought to withdraw his name in states — like Michigan — where the race could be close. At the same time, he is trying to remain on the ballot in states where he is unlikely to make a difference between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Kennedy filed a lawsuit Friday in Michigan’s Court of Claims against Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, in an effort to withdraw his name. Michigan’s election officials had previously rejected Kennedy’s notice of withdrawal.
The Associated Press asked the secretary’s office for comment on the Court of Claims order that came down Tuesday.
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In a post on X earlier in the day, Benson said under Michigan law, candidates who are nominated and accept a minor party’s nomination “shall not be permitted to withdraw.”
Kennedy argued in the lawsuit that his notice of withdrawal was timely and the electorate’s votes could be “diminished and rendered invalid” if he remains on the ballot. He filed a similar lawsuit in North Carolina on Friday, where he is trying to withdraw his name from the ballot.
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Michigan Court of Claims Judge Christopher P. Yates concluded that the secretary of state rightly rejected Kennedy’s request to be removed from the ballot.
“Elections are not just games, and the Secretary of State (SOS) is not obligated to honor the whims of candidates for public office,” Yates said in his opinion and order.
Aaron Siri, an attorney for Kennedy in the Michigan lawsuit, said that keeping Kennedy’s name “upends ballot integrity.”
“We agree with the judge that elections are not games, and that is precisely why the court should have let Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. withdraw from the ballot,” Siri said in a written statement.
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Speaking on Fox News Channel’s “The Story with Martha MacCallum” on Tuesday, Kennedy said, “We’re trying to get off the ballot in all the states where I might be a spoiler and cause harm to President Trump.”
Wisconsin election officials said last week that Kennedy must remain on the ballot there, rejecting his request to withdraw.
Last week, a different Michigan Court of Claims judge ruled that liberal independent candidate for president Cornel West must remain on the ballot, an opinion welcomed by West’s campaign.
Kennedy and West, prominent third-party candidates, are at the center of multiple legal and political battles across the country as Democrats and Republicans seek to use the impacts of third-party candidates who could take support from their opponents. Republican allies in multiple battleground states such as Arizona and Michigan have sought to keep West on the ballot amid Democratic fears he could siphon votes from Vice President Kamala Harris.
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ECU poll shows Trump leading Harris by 1 point in NC; Stein leading Robinson by 6 points
by: Matthew SockolPosted: Sep 3, 2024 / 09:07 PM EDT
Updated: Sep 3, 2024 / 09:07 PM EDT
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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump remain locked in a tight race for North Carolina, while Democratic state Attorney General Josh Stein has taken a noticeable lead against Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robison in the gubernatorial election, according to the latest poll from East Carolina University.
The new ECU poll, conducted Aug. 26-28, shows Trump leading Harris 48% to 47%, with 3% undecided and 2% planning to support another candidate. It also shows Stein leading Robinson 47% to 41%, with 11% undecided and 2% supporting another candidate. Stein previously only led Robinson by one point, 44% to 43%, in ECU’s June poll.
Trump has 1-point edge over Harris in North Carolina, poll data shows
Both Democrats have leads among independents, women, and Black voters, while both Republicans have a lead among white voters in the new ECU poll. Harris leads Trump among independents 47% to 37%, among women 50% to 45%, and among Black voters 86% to 6%; Stein’s lead over Robinson is stronger among independents at 50% to 32% and among women at 50% to 36%, while less dominant, but still significant among Black voters at 81% to 9%. Trump leads Harris among white voters 64% to 33%, a stronger margin than Robinson’s 52% to 36% lead over Stein.
Inflation and/or the overall cost of living remains the most important issues for voters at 30%, although this marks a decrease from the 42% who said it was the most important issue in the last ECU poll. 22% identified the economy in general as the most important issue, 14% identified abortion, 13% identified border security, 4% identified affordability of health care, 3% identified climate change and/or the environment, and 3% identified violent crime and/or public safety.
Mark Robinson blitzes the state as polls show Josh Stein leading NC governor’s race
North Carolina is among the states expected to decide the 2024 presidential election. Both the Harris-Walz and Trump-Vance campaigns have made frequent stops in the Tar Heel State, with Trump scheduled to address the Fraternal Order of Police in Charlotte on Friday, a week after Harris’ running mate, Minnesota governor Tim Walz, met with campaign staffers in Raleigh.
A Democratic presidential candidate has not won North Carolina since Barack Obama in 2008. Trump won North Carolina by 1.35% in 2020, the smallest margin among the states he carried.
A Republican has not won the North Carolina governor’s office since Pat McCrory in 2012. The race between Stein and Robinson is expected to set fundraising records.
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Trump and Harris in toss-up races in key swing states Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada: poll
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are virtually tied in the key swing states that will decide the election, according to a CNN poll.
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Trump and Harris in toss-up races in key swing states Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada: poll
Harris holds advantage in Michigan and Wisconsin, while Arizona leans toward Trump
By Anders Hagstrom Fox NewsPublished September 4, 2024 7:31am EDT
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Former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris find themselves in a neck-and-neck race across major swing states as their campaigns enter the final weeks before Election Day, according to a new CNN poll.The Wednesday poll found Harris holding slight leads in Michigan and Wisconsin, while Trump holds a lead in Arizona. Meanwhile, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania were toss-ups.
Harris holds a 50-44% lead over Trump in Wisconsin, and a 48-43% lead in Michigan. Trump has a 49-44% lead over Harris in Arizona. For the toss-up states, Georgia and Nevada had Harris at 48% to Trump's 47%, and in Pennsylvania they were both tied at 47%.
CNN conducted its poll of likely voters from Aug. 23-29, after the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The poll advertises a margin of error of 4.9%.
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Trump and Harris are facing tight races in the swing states that will decide the election. (Getty Images)
Pollsters within the Trump campaign say they are happy with the former president's current performance in national surveys. They point out that the former president has a history of outperforming public opinion polls.
"At this point in the race in 2016, Donald Trump was down to Hillary Clinton by an average of 5.9 points. At this point in the race in 2020, it was 6.9 to Joe Biden," senior adviser Corey Lewandowski noted this weekend in an interview on "Fox News Sunday."
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Nevertheless, Harris' entry into the race has undeniably galvanized Democratic voters, who had desperately low levels of enthusiasm when President Biden was running for re-election.
President Biden's decision to withdraw and endorse Harris has encouraged Democratic voters. (Mandel NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Other polling shows more encouraging signs for Trump, however, with him outperforming his 2020 support among Hispanics.
In a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted Aug. 21-28, Hispanic voters give Trump a 42% to 37% advantage over Harris regarding immigration policy. Among the broader electorate, 46% preferred Trump on immigration over the 36% who preferred Harris.
Hispanics, described as a diverse and fast-growing section of the electorate in the United States, prefer Harris' approach over that of Trump by 18 points for health care and 23 points for climate change, according to the poll. On the economy, the survey found registered voters overall prefer Trump's platform over that of Harris by 45% to 36%.
Trump leads Harris on key issues like immigration and the economy, surveys say. (Kate Medley for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Meanwhile, Nate Silver, a prominent election forecaster, demoted Harris' chances of victory on Tuesday. He cited Harris' comparatively poor performance in Pennsylvania, the swing state that controls the most Electoral College votes.
Silver also noted that Harris didn't benefit from a DNC bounce as much as election models had predicted.
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