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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will not be able to have his name removed from the presidential ballot in Michigan and Wisconsin, according to reports from each state’s election officials.
The Independent candidate suspended his campaign and endorsed President Donald Trump on Friday, stating plans to remove his name from ballots in “10 battleground states.”
In Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) voted to keep Kennedy on the general election ballot on Tuesday.
“We know Trump and Kennedy are playing games,” said Democratic elections commission member Mark Thompson, according to the Associated Press. “Whatever games they’re playing, they have to play them with Kennedy on the ballot.”
The commission, consisting of three Democrats and three Republicans, voted 5-1 to approve Kennedy and two other names on the state’s ballot for president. Independent Cornell West and Green Party candidate Jill Stein were the other two candidates.
In Michigan, Kennedy qualified for the ballot as a nominee of the Natural Law Party.
“Minor party candidates cannot withdraw, so his name will remain on the ballot in the November election,” Cheri Hardmon, senior press secretary for Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said in a statement to Axios.
In addition to endorsing Trump, Kennedy was named to his presidential transition team on Tuesday.
“As President Trump’s broad coalition of supporters and endorsers expands across partisan lines, we are proud that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard have been added to the Trump/Vance Transition team,” Trump campaign senior advisor Brian Hughes said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“We look forward to having their powerful voices on the team as we work to restore America’s greatness,” Hughes added.
As RSBN previously reported, Kennedy also revealed plans to serve on Trump’s transition team during an interview with Tucker Carlson released on Monday.
“We’re working on policy issues together,” Kennedy told Carlson during the nearly 90-minute conversation.
“I’ve been asked to go on to the transition team, you know, to help pick the people who will be running the government, and I’m looking forward to that,” Kennedy added.
