Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is weighing the possibility of joining the Libertarian Party amid difficulties in securing ballot access ahead of November.
Kennedy left the Democratic Party in his long-shot bid against President Joe Biden in October to become an independent candidate. But getting on state ballots is an expensive challenge for independent candidates, and Kennedy has looked into ways to gain access with fewer voter signatures.
Kennedy announced in January he was creating a new political party — the We The People party — to get on the ballot in six states with a lower signature requirement than those running unaffiliated. Recently, American Values 2024, a pro-Kennedy super PAC, said they gathered enough signatures for Kennedy to appear on the ballot in Arizona and Georgia.
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