Three Democrats on the five-member North Carolina Elections Board voted to deny the We the People Party’s bid to nominate Mr. Kennedy as its presidential candidate and to certify him on the state’s general election ballot.
The decision isn’t final as the elections board will meet again on July 9 to revisit requests.
In its virtual meeting on June 26, the panel also decided to postpone the approval of Justice for All Party candidate Cornel West and the Constitution Party nominee Randall Terry.
North Carolina election officials have confirmed that the We the People Party surpassed the minimum of 13,865 valid signatures required to register as a political party for the 2024 general election….