Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court to have him reinstated on New York’s ballot, even though he suspended his independent presidential campaign.
He was disqualified from the ballot in August after a judge ruled that he falsely claimed he lived in New York. His attempts to have it reversed have been rejected by lower courts.
“Those voters have a constitutional right to have Kennedy placed on the ballot — and to vote for him, whether he is campaigning for their vote or not,” the appeal said. “The address on Kennedy’s petition was and is entirely immaterial — both to voters and to New York.”
The filing says Mr. Kennedy is registered to vote in Katonah, New York, and rents a room from a childhood friend that he has slept overnight at once.
His attorneys wrote that lower state courts “did not find that anyone was misled by the address, nor identify any state interests compromised by its use.”
The request went to Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who handles emergency appeals out of New York. She requested a response from election officials by Wednesday.
Mr. Kennedy suspended his presidential campaign in August and endorsed former President Donald Trump. He has said he will try to get his name removed from ballots in battleground states so as not to hurt Mr. Trump’s chances of winning the White House. But he wants to stay on the ballot in blue states such as New York.
His emergency appeal isn’t the only third-party request to the Supreme Court. Last week, the justices rejected an emergency bid by Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein to get her name on the Nevada ballot.
• Mallory Wilson can be reached at mwilson@washingtontimes.com.
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