The campaign for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has yet to submit paperwork to withdraw from Alabama's presidential ballot after suspending his campaign last week to endorse former President Donald Trump in Phoenix, Ariz.
Kennedy announced his campaign's suspension less than two weeks after submitting 15,000 signatures from Alabama residents, more than three times the amount needed to appear on the ballot in November's presidential race. The Kennedy campaign has spent the better part of the past year collecting signatures across the country since he was unaffiliated with a recognized political
Secretary of State Wes Allen's office confirmed to 1819 News that the Kennedy campaign had not yet submitted the paperwork necessary to remove his name from the ballot. Allen's office will officially certify the ballot on Wednesday, so Kennedy's ballot status can change before then.
Kennedy's Trump endorsement on Friday came as little surprise after announcing a big campaign update days prior.
As a lifelong Democrat, Kennedy cited the corruption, lawfare and censorship of the modern-day Democratic Party, as well as the Democratic support for foreign war and lack of attention to America's declining health care as his reason for backing the GOP pick. Kennedy successfully gained over a million signatures nationwide to appear on several state ballots, but it is unclear how many of them will follow him to the Republican ticket.
Kennedy's state director, Oluchi Onwuvuche, did not respond to 1819 News' inquiries regarding the statewide reaction to the campaign's suspension or the Trump endorsement.
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