RFK Jr. Chastises Current Ballot Access Laws for Independent and Third-Party Candidates

Ballot access restrictions favor ’the two-party duopoly,' Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said.
RFK Jr. Chastises Current Ballot Access Laws for Independent and Third-Party Candidates
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign event, the "Declare Your Independence Celebration," at Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami, Fla., on Oct. 12, 2023. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images
Jeff Louderback
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Ballot access laws for independent and third-party candidates are “among the worst forms of voter suppression in America today” and state officials should work together to “streamline and standardize ballot access procedures,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a Substack article a week after winning a lawsuit about the issue in Utah.

Ballot access restrictions “artificially prop up the two-party duopoly, even as 63% of American adults agree that the Republican and Democratic parties do such a poor job of representing the American people that another choice is needed,” Mr. Kennedy wrote.

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