Independent candidates need to meet a patchwork of state requirements including petition signatures, filing fees — and, in many states, having running mates.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to announce his running mate this month as he wages a long-shot independent bid for president.
Kennedy’s campaign had just over $4.8 million in its account at the end of January, according to a fundraising report filed with the Federal Election Commission.
There’s another twist: Although the filing deadline for independent candidates has passed in North Carolina, Kennedy’s supporters there are taking a different route to the ballot.
In North Carolina and five other states — Hawaii, California, Delaware, Mississippi and Texas — his supporters have formed their own political parties.
That path, which is also the way No Labels is trying to get its presidential ticket on the ballot nationwide, requires fewer signatures in some states than the regular candidate petition-gathering Kennedy is doing elsewhere.
But the threshold to qualify for the ballot is somewhat lower in a handful of the most important swing states, where Kennedy could have the most impact on a close presidential race.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to announce his running mate this month as he wages a long-shot independent bid for president.
Kennedy’s campaign had just over $4.8 million in its account at the end of January, according to a fundraising report filed with the Federal Election Commission.
There’s another twist: Although the filing deadline for independent candidates has passed in North Carolina, Kennedy’s supporters there are taking a different route to the ballot.
In North Carolina and five other states — Hawaii, California, Delaware, Mississippi and Texas — his supporters have formed their own political parties.
That path, which is also the way No Labels is trying to get its presidential ticket on the ballot nationwide, requires fewer signatures in some states than the regular candidate petition-gathering Kennedy is doing elsewhere.
But the threshold to qualify for the ballot is somewhat lower in a handful of the most important swing states, where Kennedy could have the most impact on a close presidential race.
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