Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has qualified for the ballot in New York his campaign announced on Tuesday.
RFK Jr. collected more than the required signatures to compete in the Empire State a campaign official confirmed to The Hill.
“The scale of this grassroots effort has been monumental and proves the strength of our ground game in a way many claimed was impossible,” Will Boothby, northeast regional field director for the Kennedy campaign, wrote in a statement. He credited Kennedy's two larger rallies and several smaller events with hundreds of volunteers to be able to competitive in the Empire State.
Thank you, New York! Today we turned in 135,519 signatures, three times the required amount, to gain ballot access in The Empire State — that's more signatures than any presidential candidate has ever submitted in the state. 🙏🗽🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/7kDFw7edoR
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) May 28, 2024
“The State of New York has stacked the deck against independent candidates in every way possible, combining the worst aspects of ballot access restrictions into one amalgamation designed to stop any candidate from achieving what we have achieved today,” he added.
The Hill/Decision Desk HQ, is tracking Kennedy's ballot access across the country but has not independently verified the signatures.
Kennedy's campaign has qualified in 14 other states.
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