The rapidly changing situation about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s fight to take his name off the North Carolina presidential ballot has left millions of absentee ballots in limbo.
As things stand, the North Carolina State Board of Elections announced it is appealing to the North Carolina Supreme Court after the Court of Appeals ruled that ballots would need to be reprinted without Kennedy’s name.
Former Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr said he disagreed with the Court of Appeals ruling, saying such a big change came too late in the game.
“I think what Kennedy and company don’t see or don’t care about is the cost and the disruption,” Orr said.
It’s a disruption that he said would hurt the military members, students, and many others who rely on absentee ballots. Statewide, approximately 2.9 million ballots had already been printed and were ready to be mailed out when the decision put things on hold.
The cost for all 100 counties to reprint ballots without Kennedy’s name could cost about $1 million across the state.