Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign filed candidacy petitions to appear on Illinois’ Nov. 5 general election ballot. Also filing was the Green Party’s Jill Stein.
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein speaks at a pro-Palestinian protest in front of the White House on June 8, 2024, in Washington. She was among the independent and third-party contenders filing presidential candidacy papers for the Illinois ballot. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign filed candidacy petitions Monday with the State Board of Elections to appear on Illinois’ Nov. 5 general election ballot.
Barring any potential objection to their candidacy papers, candidates who filed Monday would join Democratic President Joseph Biden and former Republican President Donald Trump on the Illinois fall ballot following the major party candidates’ anticipated formal nominations later this summer. Kennedy’s filing in Illinois came the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court rejected without comment hearings on two COVID-19-related appeals brought by Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine group that Kennedy founded and led until announcing his presidential candidacy.
Kennedy failed to qualify for Thursday’s presidential debate between Biden and Trump on CNN. Kennedy needed to get at least 15% support in four approved national polls by Thursday but only met the requirement in three of them. As of the debate deadline he had not qualified in enough state ballots to get the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidencyTo appear on the ballot, independent and third-party candidates needed to submit petitions signed by at least 25,000 valid registered voters.
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