A North Carolina appeals court has directed that Robert F.
El candidato presidencial republicano Donald Trump estrecha la mano del candidato presidencial independiente Robert F. Kennedy Jr. en un acto de campaa en el Desert Diamond Arena, el viernes 23 de agosto de 2024, en Glendale, Arizona. .name must be taken off state ballots for president, upending plans in the battleground state just as officials were about to begin mailing out the nation's first absentee ballots for the Nov. 5 presidential election.
and endorsed Republican nominee Donald Trump. But the Democratic majority on the State Board of Elections rejected the request, saying it was too late in the process of printing ballots and coding tabulation machines. Kennedy then sued.to keep his name off ballots, prompting his appeal. In the meantime, Holt had told election officials to hold back sending absentee ballots until noon Friday.
In an email, state board attorney Paul Cox told election directors in all 100 counties after Friday's ruling to hold on to the current ballots but not send them. More than 2.9 million absentee and in-person ballots with Kennedy's name on them have been printed so far. With Friday's deadline not met, North Carolina election officials still are faced with meeting a federal law requiring absentee ballots go to military and overseas voters by Sept. 21. They may try to seek a waiver if new ballots can't be produced in time.
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