The Supreme Court rejected Robert Kennedy Jr.’s emergency appeal to have his name removed from the Michigan and Wisconsin ballots.
Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett received the cases but referred both to the full Court.
The Court did not give the vote count. Justice Neil Gorsuch dissented from the denial in the Michigan case.
Kennedy wanted to remove his name from the swing states to avoid acting as a spoiler to Trump while staying on blue state ballots:
“Moreover, such compelled speech harms every citizen in Michigan. The Secretary, by listing Mr. Kennedy on the ballot, is misrepresenting to voters that Mr. Kennedy is qualified and willing to serve the public if elected,” Kennedy’s attorneys wrote in his Michigan application.
“Such a representation is not only incorrect, but it is also prejudicial to voters who reasonably expect that the ballot contain accurate information,” the application continued.
Michigan told the Supreme Court that over 1.5 million voters turned in their ballots, which listed Kennedy as a candidate. Over 263,000 citizens have already voted early.