Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fought to get onto NC’s ballot — and now he can’t get off

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. must stay on the North Carolina ballot, despite requests from he and his new party We the People that he be removed. The state Board of Elections voted along party lines to keep Kennedy on the ballot, with Democrats citing the state’s Sept. 6 deadline for absentee ballot mailing to begin, and the fact that most counties had started printing ballots. “People are already printing their sample ballots,” said Board member Siobhan Millen, who was the only member to vote against certifying We the People as a political party. Republican Board member Stacy “Four” Eggers IV questioned Brinson Bell’s instructions to county boards to continue printing ballots after Kennedy’s Friday afternoon news conference. Board member Jeff Carmon, a Democrat, said he would agree with Eggers if Kennedy wasn’t now acting as an independent when he fought to be recognized as the nominee of a party.