Officials in swing state Wisconsin told the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 28 that they oppose Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s emergency application asking to remove his name from the ballot.
Early in-person absentee voting began in the state on Oct. 22.
The application in Kennedy v. Wisconsin Elections Commission was filed on Oct. 23 and directed to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who oversees emergency litigation from Wisconsin.
Kennedy, a Democrat-turned-independent, suspended his campaign on Aug. 23 and endorsed former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate.
Kennedy has tried to remove his name from ballots in hotly contested states since then….