Despite objections, Texas elections officials say the candidate has enough valid signatures to be on the ballot come November.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent presidential candidate, will be on the Texas general election ballot this November.
The Texas Secretary of State's office announced Thursday afternoon that it had accepted Kennedy's petition to appear on the state ballot with 122,513 valid signatures. The Texas election code required a petition to have at least 113,151 valid signatures. State Democrats said that Kennedy's campaign didn't have enough valid signatures and that his "attempt to overwhelm the system with bad signatures is just another example of his campaign's disregard for the rules."use of misleading tactics
while collecting signatures. This push from state Democrats to keep Kennedy off the ballot also aligned with national Democrats' efforts to keep the Independent candidatearound 9% nationally when the presidential matchup was between President Biden and Donald Trump. In Texas, Kennedy had the support of 8% of voters, according to polls.
However, once Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee after Biden dropped out of the race, Kennedy's support dropped to 5% nationally. Kennedy has confirmedis a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans - and engages with them - about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.
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