Confident he’ll get listed on the ballots in all 50 states, Robert Kennedy Jr. said he would not seek the presidential nomination for the Libertarian Party and will continue to pursue a hopeless campaign as an independent, ABC News reports.
“We’re not gonna have any problems getting on the ballot ourselves so we won’t be running Libertarian,” Kennedy said as he was in Iowa using a quirk of state law to get on the ballot in that state. The law allowed Kennedy to hold a one-day “Party” convention, with a minimum of 500 Iowa voters from at least 25 of Iowa’s 99 counties. Having gathered the faithful, Kennedy’s nomination was pre-ordained.
Kennedy’s campaign announced they attracted more than 680 accredited “delegates” from more than 35 counties to come to a meeting in West Des Moines; Kennedy said that he’s confident his team will find ways like this to get on all state ballots. The campaign explained getting 500 diehards to meet was easier than getting 3,500 verified signatures on petitions.