Robert F. Kennedy Jr. campaign accused of falsifying Texas ballot signatures

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Source: Houston Chronicle

Striking another blow to a tumultuous independent candidacy, the Texas Democratic Party on Monday accused presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of using faulty signatures to try and make the Texas ballot this fall.

First reported by the Dallas Morning News and confirmed in a statement to Chron, Texas Democratic Party chair Gilberto Hinojosa said that Kennedy did not qualify for the Texas ballot after attempting to "overwhelm the system with bad signatures," estimating that 70 percent of the candidate's petition signatures "failed miserably" to meet the basic criteria of the Texas election code. Hinojosa urged the Texas Secretary of State to reject the campaign's application to appear on the ballot next to Republican candidate Donald J. Trump and prospective Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.

“Seeking election as an independent candidate takes work in our state and we believe it is in the best interest of Democracy that people make it onto the ballot in legal and transparent ways," the statement read. "We are confident that the people of Texas share that value. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s attempt to overwhelm the system with bad signatures is just another example of his campaign’s disregard for the rules."

According to Texas election code, independent presidential candidates must submit a petition with no fewer than 113,151 signatures of registered voters who did not vote in the presidential primary of either party, plus written consent from the state's 40 presidential electors in the Electoral College. The requirement leaves just a narrow sliver of unactivated voters, especially in a state as partisan as Texas. Each signature must match the individual's handwriting and include their residential address, voter registration number, and date of birth.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/politics/article/rfk-jr-texas-ballots-19589724.php

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