Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was scheduled to hold campaign events this week in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention.
Instead, he will appear in courtrooms in two states fighting ballot access challenges backed by the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
First, an evidentiary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 20 in Harrisburg, Pa.
Filed by voters Alexander Reber and Janneken Smucker, and supported by the DNC, the legal action in Pennsylvania alleges that Kennedy used an inaccurate home address on his nominating petitions and did not submit enough signatures.
Reber and Smucker allege that Kennedy should be removed from the state general election ballot because he claims to live in New York when he resides in California….